Prep wrestling: Warriors win Pilot Invite in Juneau

JUNEAU — The Wasilla Warriors posted 173 total points and walked away with the team title of the Brandon Pilot Invitational Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday.

Five Warriors advanced to the finals and two won induvidual titles. Kendra Nelson won the 103-pound class, while Jed Johnson was first at 285.

Mike Chafin (119), Jake Marshall (145) and Beebo Russel each finshed as the runner-up in their weight class.

Five Warriors wrestled in the consolation finals.

Jake George (119), Chris Gross (130) and David Muzechuk (135) finished third, while Josh Brown (125) and Pat Chafin (135) placed fourth.

Palmer finished sixth in the Pilot Invite team standings with 105.7 total points.

Two Moose wrestlers advanced to the finals in the same weight class.

Nick Stahler pinned teammate Adam Pahnke in the 140-pound final.

Sam Heindel finished third at 189 for the Moose.

Brandon Pilot Invitational

Friday-Saturday, Juneau-Douglas High School

Team scores:

1. Wasilla 173, 2. Petersburg 150 2. (tie) Wrangell 150, 4. Mt. Edgecumbe 128, 5. Sitka 110.5, 6. Palmer 105, 7. Juneau 103, 8. Ketchikan 97.5, 9. Craig 73, 10. Hoonah 53, 11. Klawock 38.5, 12. Metlakatla 19, 13. Skagway 14.

Individual results:

Championship finals — 103 pounds-Nelson, Wa, pinned J. Rogers, Mt.E; 112-Abt, S, pinned Baxter, C; 119-Foote, Ket, def. Chafin, Wa 3-2; 125-Martin, Ket, def. T. Rogers, Mt.E 3-1; 130-Lopez, Pet, def. Riley, Mt.E 5-3; 135-Erickson, Pet, major dec. Norris, H, 14-6; 140-Stahler, Pal, pinned Pahnke, Pal; 145-Lehman, S, def. Marshall, Wa. 4-1; 152-B. Egan, Pet, def. Dyer, JDHS, 10-8; 160-Groshong, Wr., def. K. Egan, Pet., 4-3; 171-Stockton, Kla., pinned Daly, Pal; 189-Young, Mt.E, pinned Davidson, Wr.; 215-E. Pempek, Wr., def. Russell, Wa., 9-3; 285-Johnson, Wa. pinned Kisarauskas, S.

Consolatio finals — 103-Schwartz, Pet, def. Anderson, C 9-4; 112-M. Rogers, Mt.E, pinned Coutlee, H; 119-George, Wa., def. Phillips, Pet., 6-2; 125-Wimberley, Wr., pinned Brown, Wa; 130-Gross, Wa., def. Fultz, Ket., 4-3; 135-Muzechuk, Wa., major dec. Chafin, Wa; 140-Powell, Wr., def. Frisby, Mt.E 3-2; 145-Skaflestad, H, major dec. John, Ket., 17-5; 152-Johnson, S, def. Brown, Wr., OT; 160-Thain, C, def. Barry, JDHS, 2-0; 171-Winchester, Wr., def. Baker, JDHS, 7-2; 189-Heindel, Pal., pinned Timm, Ket; 215-Lamas, JDHS, major dec. Quigley, C, 12-1; 285-J. Craig, Pet., pinned W. Craig, Pet.

Wasilla, Wasilla Lake Christian place

grapplers in West Invite finals

ANCHORAGE — Saturday proved to be a good day for the Wasilla wrestling program. The Warriors won the team title at the Brandon Pilot Invitational at Juneau-Douglas High School, and sent a second WHS squad to the West High Invitational at West Anchorage High School.

There the Warriors finished sixth.

Michael Spano led WHS to a sixth-place finish at the West Invite with an individual title at 103.

Spano was one of two Valley wrestlers to advance to the finals.

Paul Amore led Wasilla Lake Christian School to a 10th-place finish by placing second at 119.

Wasilla Lake also had two other wresters finish fourth — Ty Walters (160) and Sean Messinger (285).

Five Warriors finished in the top four. Casey Katchinska (171) and Jake Johnson (285) were third, while Chris Milstead (140) was fourth.

Palmer also sent teams to both Juneau and West High.

Jesse Smith led Palmer with a fourth-place finish at 119 in the West High Invite.

West High Invitational

Saturday, West High School

Team scores:

1. Kodiak 175, 2. South 165.5, 3. Chugiak 139, 4. West 127, 5. Service 123, 6. Wasilla 104, 7. Soldotna 84, 8. Homer 80, 9. Dimond 53, 10. Wasilla Lake Christian School 51, 11. Eagle River 31.5, 12. ACS 31, 14. Palmer 20.

Individual results:

Championship final — 103 pounds- M. Spano, Was m.d. M. Conete, Kod 12-1; 112- A. Ricketts, Ser t.f. N. Aadland, South 5:34; 119- J. Russell, South p. P. Amore, WLCS 5:07; 125- B. Daigle, Hom d. N. Cropper, Ser 5-2; 130- J. Eggemeyer, Kod m.d. S. Kichura, Chug 13-2; 135- W. Mills, SoHi d. G. Sullivan, Chug 10-8; 140- B. Pressler, West d. N. Fields, Kod 8-6; 145- L. Williams, ER t.f. L. Smith, South 5:06; 152- J. Croffet, Dim d. B. Brown, South 9-4; 160- Z. Baldwin, Chug p. G. Anthony, Kod 1:45; 171- J. Amos, South d. N. McBryde, Chug 9-3; 189- C. Johnson, Chug p. J. Renteria, Chug 3:59; 215- T. McDonald, West d. M. Odell, Kod 3-2; 285- L. Baker, SoHi p. F. Lee, Kod. 00:17.

Valley grapplers

ranked by Web site

WASILLA — With less than a month to go in the 2007 high school wrestling season, the defending class 4A champion Colony Knights have picked up pretty much where they left off.

Coming off a win at the Alaska Dual Meet Championships, the Knights are ranked first in the most recent AKMat.org state wrestling poll.

Sophomore Charles Coisman at 103 pounds and junior Josh West at 140 are both the top-ranked wrestlers at their weight class, while the Knights also have seven other wrestlers ranked in the top-five, including freshman Isaac Wilson (5th at 103), junior Kyle Wilson (2nd at 119), senior Zach Beauchamp (3rd at 125), senior Aaron Boss (2nd at 130), senior Levi Kruger (4th at 145) and Tyler Milner at

171.

Lathrop, which lost in the finals to Colony at the dual meet championships last weekend, is ranked second, followed by Chugiak, East and North Pole.

Chris Crane, a junior at 189 pounds, is ranked third to lead the Wasilla Warriors, which have four ranked wrestlers. In addition to Crane, senior Mike Chafin (4th at 119), junior Casey Katchinska (5th at 160) and junior Jed Johnson (5th at 285) also cracked the top-five.

Palmer senior Jake Minturn and junior Nick Stahler are both ranked third, Minturn at 140 and Stahler at 145.

Houston senior Justin Crowley, who already has two tournament wins under his belt this season, is currently ranked third at 215 pounds, the only Hawks wrestler to crack the top five.

AKMat.org Alaska class 4A high school wrestling rankings

Team rankings

1. Colony; 2. Lathrop; 3. Chugiak; 4. East; 5. North Pole

Individual rankings

103 — 1. Charles Coisman, Colony; 2. Matthew Malnoske, East; 3. Skyler Moore, East; 4. Eric Tupper, Lathrop; 5. Isaac Wilson, Colony

112 — 1. Anthony Ricketts, Service; 2. Kuani Tilman, West Valley; 3. Jeremy Simmons, Lathrop; 4. Michael Abt, Sitka; 5. Steven Temple, Lathrop

119 — 1. Nathan Hoffer, East; 2. Kyle Wilson, Colony; 3. Michaela Hutchison, Skyview; 4. Mike Chafin, Wasilla; 5. Kyle Foote, Ketchikan

125 — 1. Dustin Maxwell, East; 2. Luke Shelley, South; 3. Zach Beauchamp, Colony; 4. Sam Loggins, Colony; 5. Dan Simmons, Lathrop

130 — 1. Jimmy Eggemeyer, Kodiak; 2. Aaron Boss, Colony; 3. Lipho Thirakul, east; 4. Doug Templeton, West Valley; 5. Steven Kichura, Chugiak

135 — 1. Grant Sullivan, Chugiak; 2. Wes Mills, Soldotna; 3. Tom Applehanz, Homer; 4. Derek Templeton, West Valley; 5. Dillon Neth, North Pole

140 — 1. Josh West, Colony; 2. Eric Antesberger, North Pole; 3. (tie) Trent Lemmons, Lathrop and Jake Minturn, Palmer; 5. Danny Huls, Bartlett

145 — 1. Quincy Voris, Chugiak; 2. Levi Jutila, North Pole; 3. Nick Stahler, Palmer; 4. Levi Kruger, Colony; 5. Jon O’Hara, Chugiak

152 — 1. Steven Dyer, Juneau; 2. John-Paul Croffut, Dimond; 3. Carson Roberts, West; 4. Blake Brown, South; 5. Trys Brymer, Homer

160 — 1. Nolan McBryde, Chugiak; 2. Nick Herron-Webb, East; 3. Maron Branson, Kodiak; 4. Zach Baldwin, Chugiak; 5. Casey Katchinski, Wasilla

171 — 1. Jaeey Amos, South; 2. Jimmy Caswell, Kodiak; 3. Lewis, North Pole; 4. T. Milner, Colony; 5. Potter, Dimond

189 — Kent Osborn, Lathrop; 2. Eddie Buffington, Skyview; 3. Chris Crane, Wasilla; 4. Curtis Ferris, Dimond; 5. Kevin Reilly, Service

215 — 1. Andrew Wilson, East; 2. Matthew Strieby, Soldotna; 3. Justin Crowley, Houston; 4. Trevor McDonald, West; 5. Jackson Collins, North Pole

285 — 1. Nathan Strieby, Soldotna; 2. Les Baker, Soldotna; 3. Alex Lutton, Dimond; 4. Clay Tidwell, North Pole; 5. Jed Johnson, Wasilla