Warriors, Knights earn wrestling tourney titles

The Wasilla Warriors scored a pair of top-2 finishes in tournaments during the second weekend of the prep wrestling season.

The Warriors crowned six champions en route to the team title at the Throw Down at Snow Town in Valdez. Redington finished third in the Valdez meet.

Wasilla finished as the runner-up to rival Colony at the West Classic. The Knights finished with 141 total points to win the West tourney. Wasilla was second with 114.

TJ Clapp (112 pounds), Jared Hopkins (125), Kayden Payne (130), Vincent Cramer (135), Levi Hopkins (171) and Ricky Westover (215) won their weight classes for the Kngihts. Alex Logsdon (119), Spencer Uhlenhake (145) and Rowdy Bailey (160) finished first for the Warriors.

Moose 4th at Lathrop

Palmer finished fourth overall during the Battle of the Interior duals tournament in Lathrop.

The Moose were 3-3 in six duals. Palmer beat North Pole ·(40-25), West Valley (55-24) and the Lathrop B team (56-18). Palmer suffered dual losses to South (53-18), Lathrop (60-9) and Bethel (45-29).

Senior Levi Farris led the Moose, finishing 5-1 in six matches. Farris, a state champion in 2016 and state runner-up last year, wrestled a pair of defending state champions during the tournament. At 189 pounds, Farris scored a 5-3 sudden victory win over Lathrop’s Andrue Shepersky, who won a state championship with Wasilla last year.

North Pole’s Bradley Antesberger, a state champ at 195 last year, edged Farris 6-4.

West Classic

Saturday, West Anchorage

Team scores:

1. Colony 141; 2. Wasilla 114; 3. Chugiak 53; 4. Anchorage Christian 42; 5. Dimond 42; 6. East Anchorage 35; 7. West Anchorage 31; 8. Service 22; 9. Eagle River 10.

Individual results:

Championship finals:

130 pounds — K. Payne, Col d. C. Malagodi, West 5-2; 135 — V. Cramer, Col d. H. Hayes, Was 12-5; 160 — R. Bailey, Was p. M. Floresta, Col 3:39;

Round robin:

103 pounds — 1. B. Page, East; 2. J. Fuller, Was; 112 — 1. T. Clapp, Col; 2. C. Silva, Col; 119 — 1. A. Logsdon, Was; 2. J. Harvey, Col; 125 — 1. J. Hopkins, Col; 2. M. Bohlman, ACS; 140 — 1. T. Niebles, Chu; 2. D. Spann, ACS; 145 — 1. S. Uhlenhake, Was; 2. S. Cuellar, Ser; 152 — 1. R. Randolph-Oxholm, Dim; 2. J. Torsten, Col; 171 — 1. L. Hopkins, Col; 2. C. Lindquist, Was; 189 — 1. D. Niebles, Chu; 2. C. Gamble, Col; 215 — 1. R. Westover, Col; 2. J. Palmer, Was; 285 — 1. A. Hickman, Dim.

Throw Down in Snowtown

Friday-Saturday, Valdez

Team scores:

1. Wasilla 262.5; 2. Grace Christian 167.5; 3. Redington 163; 4. Glennallen 135; 5. Barrow 100; 6. Houston 70; 7. Delta 54; 8. Valdez 44; 9. Seward 16.

Individual results:

Championship finals:

119 pounds — T. Foss, Was d. J. Korth, Glen 4-3; 130 — C. Severence, Red d. J. Paris, Red 7-0; 135 — M. Hollwedel, Was d. J. Nebleza, Bar 13-9; 145 — 1. A. Bancroft, Glen t.f. A. Cramer, Glen 16-0; 152 — J. Matthews, Was d. H. Stokes, Red 7-6; 160 — G. Martin, Gra p. C. Jones, Red 0:20; 171 — E. Merriner, Gra d. K. Gerlach, Glen 8-1; 189 — C. Gerlach, Glen p. B. Hoffman, Was 1:18; 215 — B. Heather, Bar p. M. Siavalua, Was 1:59.

Round robin:

103 — 1. W. Nelson, Was; 2. J. Harris, Grace; 112 — L. Hayes, Was; 2. K. Delaquito, Glen; 125 — F. Elvsaas, Was; 2. O. Ford, Gra; 140 — 1. M. Korth, Glen; 2. G. Metcalf, Red; 285 — 1. S. Talaiasi, Bar; 2. K. Graves, Delta.

Battle of the Interior

Friday-Saturday, Lathrop

Team results:

1. South Anchorage; 2. Lathrop A; 3. Bethel; 4. Palmer; 5. West Valley; 6. North Pole; 7. Lathrop B.

Hutchison Meltdown

Friday-Saturday, Hutchison

Individual results:

Championship final:

112 pounds — K. Paul, Gal p. J. Herman, WV 3:56; 119 — W. Slatter, SV p. K. Charlie, Gal 2:27; 125 — A. Cobridge, Pal d. E. Bergles, NP 6-2; 135 — G. Kineen, Pal d. Z. Kobernuss, NP 11-5; 140¬ — H. Wall, Eie p. L. Walker, Nen 4:56; 145 — J. Baird, Eie m.d. K. Stolz, NP 22-10; 152 — R. Waska, Gal p. C. Godwin, Pal 1:41; 160— G. Staley, Eie p. B. Grorud, Eie 1:38; 171 — A. Briggs, NP p. S. Briemeister, Hut 1:25; 189 — N. Tidwell, Eiel won by fft; 285 — J. Blanchard, NP p. T. Lindor, Pal 1:03.