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ANCHORAGE — The Colony Knights cruised to the title of the 2007 Alaska State Dual Meet Championships at South Anchorage High School on Saturday.
Colony used a 42-12 win over the Lathrop Malemutes in the final dual of the night to win the event formally known as the Alaska Rumble.
The Knights won 10 matches in the win over Lathrop. Kyle Wilson scored a major decision at 119. Josh West also had a major decision victory at 140.
Colony moved into the final round with a 39-22 win over East in the semifinals. The Knights dominated Anchorage Christian School in the first round of the championship bracket Saturday, winning every match en route to 72-0 stomping of the Lions.
Wasilla wasn't as fortunate in the first round Saturday, falling 35-22 to Lathrop.
The Warriors did wrestle to a fourth-place finish in the final bracket.
The Warriors used a 58-15 win over South Anchorage in the consolation semifinals to move into the fourth-place game, and secured fourth with a 54-17 win over Wasilla.
Colony and Wasilla both wrestled their way into the championship bracket with strong performances Friday.
Wasilla won its opening match with Ketchikan 55-19 Friday morning before falling to Kotzebue in the second round. The Warriors then rallied to beat Anchorage Christian in the afternoon session.
Colony, the state's top-ranked wrestling program according to wrestling Web site Akmat.org, breezed through all three of its dual matches Friday, beating Eagle River 72-3, South 60-21 and Lathrop 42-24.
Friday's matches were used to determine seeding for Saturday's finals. Teams winning their opening match moved into the 16-team tournament's afternoon bracket, while first-round losers will wrestled in Saturday's morning session.
On Saturday, the Palmer Moose bounced back from a tough first day to claim fifth place in the consolation bracket.
Palmer went 0-3 Friday with losses to Chugiak, Service and Ketchikan. But on Saturday, the Moose posted a 54-53 win over Eagle River and a 58-47 win over West Anchorage after suffering a first-round loss to Dillingham, which went on to win the consolation bracket.
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