Teeland Middle wins wrestling title

MAT-SU — Armed with four individual champions, Teeland Middle School captured the team title at the Tanana Invitational middle school wrestling championships in Fairbanks late last month.

Teeland finished with 260 total points and was one of five Mat-Su programs to finish in the top-six of the event which included more than 25 schools.

Matt Vandermartin was the first of four Teeland grapplers to win titles, capturing his championship in the 80-pound division. Bryce Serna (110), J.D. Cook (160) and Quace Wright (174) also finished first in their respective divisions.

Colony Middle School finished second in the event with 218 points. Porter Martin led CMS with a win in the 127-pound title match.

A pair of individual winners led Wasilla to a third-place finish in the team standings. Shannon Carpenter (85 pounds) and Jed Diederich (95) both won their weight classes.

Palmer Junior Middle School finished fifth overall with 175 points and Houston Middle School — led by Dalton Hurn’s title at 260 — finished sixth with 171 points.

In mid-February, Colony Middle School beat second-place Teeland and third-place Wasilla to win the Valley Championships wrestling meet. Diederich and teammate Christian Lowe were named the co-most outstanding wrestler of the meet.

Tanana Invitational middle school state championships

Team scores:

1. Teeland 260, 2. Colony 218, 3. Wasilla 198, 4. Tanana 189, 5. Palmer 175, 6. Houston 171, 7. Alaska Battle Cats 146, 8. North Pole 140, 9. Ryan 138.5, 11. Kodiak 100.5, 12. Valdez 84.5, 13. Grace Christian 79.5, 14. Randy Smith 74, 15. Sitka 63, 17. Anchorage Christian 52, 18. Juneau 51, 19. Kotzebue 46.5, 20. Voznesenka 46, 221. Stikine 15, 22. Yakutat 15, 23. Nome 11, 24. Glennallen 8, 25. Delta 3.

Individual results (top 8):

75 — 1. E. McKenzie, Chug, 2. J. Beveridge, Grace, 3. J. Simmons, Tan, 4. A. Caballa, Kod, 5. W. Gilroy, ACS, 6. L. Albrecht, Was, 7. C. Frazier, NP, 8. A. Drake, Hou.

80 — 1. M. Vandermartin, Teel, 2. P. Barhart, Hou, 3. F. Warner, Pal, 4. J. Fetko, ABC, 5. N. Ottum, Aval, 6. B. Bracker, Kotz, 7. L. Reed, Col, 8. C. Smith, Eiel.

85 — 1. S. Carpenter, Was, 2. N. Ezell, Eiel, 3. A. Shannon, Hou, 4. G. Kalugin, Voz, 5. C. Rohrer, Val, 6. J. Beasley, Ryan, 7. C. Eide, NP, 8. M. Clement, Pal.

90 — 1. H. Steffensen, N/A, 2. D. Morrow, Teel, 3. K. Boyd-Griffith, Eiel, 4. K. Hammond, Aval, 5. B. Riech, Kotz, 6. J. Samauang, Sitka, 7. J. Bernowski, Pal, 8. B. Clifford, Pal.

95 — 1. J. Diederich, Was, 2. N. Pempek, Pal, 3. W. Booth, Col, 4. G. Melin, Hou, 5. G. Wright, NP, 6. K. Newbill, Eiel, 7. B. Johnson, Ryan, 8. K. Nash, Teel.

100 — 1. E. Steffensen, N/A, 2. N. McKimson, Teel, 3. S. Janorschke, N/A, 4. R. Steiner, Was, 5. N. Roetman, Col, 6. M. Jeffries, Tan, 7. B. Hursh, Val, 8. J. McGregor, Ryan.

105 — 1. T. Kiser, NP, 2. D. Campos, Jun, 3. D. Davis, Sitka, 4. B. Aga, Col, 5. C. Boatman, Teel, 6. E. Burris, Kodi, 7, E. Merioles, Val, 8, R. Zavala, N/A.

110 — 1. B. Serna, Teel, 2. V. Monzulla, NP, 3. A. Rojas, Tan, 4. Z. Goeden, Ryan, 5. G. VanCurren, Kod, 6. A. Rench, Col, 7. D. Martishev, Voz, 8. K. Dingwall, Stik.

115 — 1. M. Seifert, Bar, 2. C. Lowe, Was, 3. J. Menges, Eiel, 4. J. Norton, tan, 5. T. Wintersteen, Chug, 6. R. Claggett, Stik, 7. C. Morrison, Teel, 8. J. Wharton, NP.

121 — 1. J. Brown, N/A, 2. N. Beveridge, Grace, 3. T. Gillen, Tan, 4. D. Agnew, Ryan, 5. J. Licari, Sit, 6. Z. Abrahamson, Tan, 7. T. Olvieri, Hou, 8. C. Gilroy, ACS.

127 — 1. P. Martin, Col, 2. S. Zimmerman, Tan, 3. T. McDaniels, tan, 4. T. McCain, Val, 5. K. Ashcraft, Ryan, 6. G. Mikkelson, Teel, 7. J. Pounds, ABC, 8. J. Player, Pal.

133 — 1. M. Siefert, Bar, 2. T. Chavez, N/A, 3. A. Minnillo, N/A, 4. M. Rogers, Eiel, 5. R. Pritchett, Col, 6. K. Solomon, RS, 7. A. Jolin, ABC, 8. M. Boord, Sitka.

140 — 1. O. Nerguson, Col, 2. J. Dickinson, Ryan, 3. R. Skieens, ABC, 4. D. Burton, Col, 5. M. Spencer, Tan, 6. E. Ace, Pal, 7. A. MacDonald, Val, 8. T. Middleton, Was.

148 — 1. B. Beltran, Kod, 2. J. Warzewick, Col, 3. L. Johnson, N/A, 4. V. Ficilnoe, RS, 5. D. Meneses, Pal 6. B. Lea, AV, 7. D. Hermans, Teel, 8. K. Hodges, NP.

160 — 1. J. Cook, Teel, 2. C. Hendricks, Hou, 3. B. Lea, ABC, 4. H. Story, RS, 5. B. O’Neil, RS, 6. L. Swiger, JUn, 7. L. Owens, Kod, 8. B. Shultz, Teel.

174 — 1. Q. Wright, Teel, 2. D. Zorea, ABC, 3. S. Taha, Aval, 4. M. Dobbs, Was, 5. C. English, tan, 6. A. Medeiros, Chug, 7. R. Ellis, NP, 8. T. West, Jun.

260 — 1. D. Hurn, Hou, 2. C. Henry, 3. Foster, Ryan, 4. S. Maranville, Pal, 5. L. Wagner, Hou, 6. T. Rogals, N/A/, 7. A. Orozco, RS, 8. T. Anatal Ryan.

Valley Championships

Feb. 13-14, Colony Middle School

Team results:

1. Colony, 2. Teeland, 3. Wasilla.

Outstanding wrestler: (tie) Jed Diederich, Wasilla; Christian Lowe, Wasilla.

Championship round:

75 — C. Boring, Col p. L. Albrecht, Was 1:44; 80 — M. Vandermartin, Tell d. F. Warner, Pal 14-10; 85 — S. Carpenter, Was p. A. Shannon, Hou 2:46; 90 — L. Hickle, Col m.d. D. Morrow, Teel 10-0; 95 — N. Pempek, Pal d. G. Melin, Hou 18-9; 100 — J. Diederich, Was d. N. McKinson, Tell 12-9; 105 — B. Aga, Col d. K. Adams, Acad 10-5; 110 — C. Boatman, Teel d. H. Seltenreich, Was 9-7; 115 — C. Lowe, Was p. B. Serna, Teel 4:18; 121 — T. Oliveri, Hou d. A. Smith Col 5-3; 127 — P. Martin, Col p. J. Catlin, Teel 0:46; 133 — R. Pritchett, Col p. V. Baybado, Hou 2:56; 140 — O. Nerguson, Col p. D. Burton, Col 0:57; 148 — J. Warzewick, Col p. D. Maness, Pal 0:52; 160 — C. Hendricks, Hou wbf I. John-Giles, Hou; 174 — Q. Wright, Teel wbf M. Dobbs, Was; 260 — C. Henry, Was p. D. Hurn, Hou 1:23;

Third-place:

75 — A. Drake, Hou d. C. Wolfe, Teel 6-3; 80 — P. Barnhart, Hou d. L. Reed, Col 8-6; 85 — A. Molesky, Pal p. D. Ellibee, Col 2:00; 90 — J. Bernowski, Pal p. R. Radmer, Hou 0:51; 95 — W. Booth, Col d. K. Nash, Teel 7-0; 100 — N. Roetman, Col d. J. Roetman, Col 9-2; 105 — S. Sampson, Pal d. C. Wilbur, Hou; 110 — C. Moffit, Pal d. R. Ertz, Col 8-3; 115 — A. Rench, Col m.d. C. Bendixin, Pal; 121 — M. Baron, Hou d. M. Rilatos, Was 11-4; 127 — G. Mikkelsen, Teel p. J. Player, Pal 2:00; 133 — T. Van Ausdal, Pal p. L. Turner, Pal 0:18; 140 — M. Hunt, Teel p. T. Middleton, Was 2:20; 148 — D. Mermans, Teel p. S. Storud, Pal 1:54; 160 — N. Shultz, Teel p. J. Ryno, Pal 14-11; 174 — R. Jerue, Teel p. W. Beasley, Hou 2:30; 260 — L. Wagner, Hou p. S. Maranville, Pal 2:21.