Warriors win North-South; Knights first in John Tobin Invitational

SOLDOTNA — During the North-South Invitational wrestling tournament at Soldotna High School, everyone found themselves looking up at the Wasilla Warriors.

Wasilla used 193 total points to cruise to the team title of the annaul event.

Josh Brown and Casey Katchinska each won their respective weight classes for the Warriors, who have now won two tournaments this year.

WHS opened the season with the team title at the Houston Invitational.

Brown scored a 10-2 major decision over Chugiak’s Ben Sullivan in the 125-pound class. Katchinska needed just 39 seconds to pin Seward’s Bill Markowitz in the 171-pound final.

Abe Fox (103), Chris Crane (189) and Ryan Pomrenke (215) also advanced to the finals and placed second.

Cole Smith (103), Caleb Pempek (145) and Jake Johnson (285) finished third for WHS.

With 193 points, Wasilla finished well ahead of the second-place Seward Seahawks, who finished with 119.

Michael Spano (112), Jake George (125) and Jeremy White (160), also advanced to the consolation finals for the Warriors, but each finished in fourht place.

The Bethel Warriors were third with 105.5. Skyview was fourth with 103 points, and ahead the host Soldotna Stars, who ended the tourney with 101 points.

North-South Invitational

Friday-Saturday, Soldotna

Team scores:

1. Wasilla 193, 2. Seward 119, 3. Bethel 105.5, 4. Skyview 103, 5. Soldotna 101.5, 6. Chugiak 100, 7. East Anchorage 76, 8. Kenai 72, 9. Homer 70, 10. Nikiski 51.5, 11. Eagle River 35, 11. (tie) Grace Christian 35.

Finals:

103 pounds — Z. Pleasant, Bet d. A. Fox, Was 7-4; 112 — R. Hanson, Bet d. M. Malnoske, East 7-4; 119 — S. Moore, East p. N. Whorton, Chug 1:55; 125 — J. Brown, Was m.d. B. Sullivan, Chu 10-2; 130 — J. Hughes, Ken d. B. Sutter, Grace 14-13; 135 — info not available; 140 — N. Hoffer, East m.d. B. Daigle, Hom 8-0; 145 — G. Sullivan, Chu d. R. Brymer, Hom 9-5; 152 — L. Williams, ER p. M. Wyatt, Hom 5:37; 160 — D. Beck, Sew d. B. Price, Sol 16-11; 171 — C. Katchinska, Was p. B. Markowitz, Sew 0:39; 189 — N. Wasierski, Bet p. C. Crane, Was 4:40; 215 — I. Filbert, Sew p. R. Pomrenke, Was 0:58; 285 — N. Strieby, Sol p. K. Holm, Sol 2:57.

Consolation finals:

103 — C. Miller, Was d. M. Hughes, Ken 9-7; 112 — B. Wilson, Sky d. M. Spano, Was 10-6; 119 — W. Fusa-Koch, Sol m.d. N. Stangel, Nik; 125 — C. Osbekoff, Ken m.d. J. George, Was 12-4; 130 — R. Chavez, Bet p. S. Douglas, Sew 0:53; 140 — J. Ross, Chug d. A. Tennis, Sky 4-1; 145 — C. Pempek, Was p. M. Zwifel, Sew 1:17; 152 — D. Henry, Chug d. J. Thomas, Sky 14-7; 160 — K. Buchholz, Nik p. J. White, Was 0:26; 171 — E. Weinfuter, Hom d. F. Pollard, Sky 11-5; 189 — K. Mahan, Sky p. K. Rogers, Ken 3:58; 215 — A. Byrne, Sky d. J. Chumley, Sol 5-2; 285 — J. Johnson, Was p. N. VanBruggen, Sky 2:00.

Knights win John Tobin

NORTH POLE — The Colony Knights placed seven grapplers in the finals en route to winning the team title at the John Tobin Invitational at North Pole High School on Saturday.

Jesse McKee, Angelo Bellotte and Eric Fan each posted individual titles for the Knights.

Jesse McKee beat Lathrop’s Tevin Tolver 10-4 to win the 140-pound weight class. Bellotte edged Brent Reed, of South Anchorage, 7-5 at 189. Fan scored an 18-3 technical fall victory over Lathrop’s Jordan Lewis at 215.

Isaac Wilson (112), Charles Coisman (119), Sam Loggins (130) and Kenny Boykin (171) advanced to the finals and finished second.

Wilson, Coisman, Loggins and Boykin were all top seeds in the tournament.

John Tobin Invitational

Saturday, North Pole

Team scores:

1. Colony 249.5, 2. Lathrop 195, 3. North Pole 152, 4. South Anchorage 143, 5. Kodiak 105, 6. West Valley 53, 7. South JV 40, 8. Hutchison 31, 9. Lathrop JV 27, 10. Barrow 22, 11. Noorvik 16, 12. Eielson 13, North Pole JV 4, 14. West Valley JV 3.5, 15. Kodiak JV 1.

Finals:

103 pounds — D. Achman, d. J. Goenson, South 11-8; 112 — J. Simmons, Lat p. I. Wilson, Col 3:23; 119 — J. Hughes, Lat d. C. Coisman, Col 7-4; 125 — B. Kiser, NP d. D. Scerback, Hut 11-5; 130 — L. Shelley, South d. S. Loggins, Col 2OT; 135 — S. Perry, NP d. D. Templeton, WV 6-1; 140 — J. McKee, Col d. T. Tolver, Lat 10-4; 145 — T. VanMetre, Kod d. L. DeBoard, Lat 13-11; 152 — E. Antesberger, NP d. T. Lemons, Lat 7-3; 160 — E. Clausen, Lat d. T. Shepersky, NP 5-4; 171 — G. Anthony, Kod. wbf K. Boykin, Col; 189 — A. Bellotte, Col d. B. Reed, South 7-5; 215 — E. Fan, Col t.f. J. Lewis, Lat 18-3; 275 — C. Tidwell, NP d. M. Dennis, South 9-3;

Consolation finals:

103 — B. Amos, South p. G. Loggins, Col 3:13; 112 — N. Aadland, South p. S. Herfindahl, South 2:14; 119 — J. Russell, South p. S. Temple, Lat 4:32; 125 — L. Faulkner, Col d. D. Castonguary, Kod 5-1; 130 — D. Templeton, WV m.d. K. Curry, Lat 15-7; 135 — N. VanMetre, Kod d. C. Lowery, Col 14-9; 140 — T. Osborn, Lat d. C. MacDowell, South 6-4; 145 — J. Pfeiffer, Col m.d. B. Holmgren, WV 16-5; 152 — B. Knutson, Col d. R. Lopez, South 12-6; 152 — T. Fields, Nor p. B. VanNess, Col 2:50; 171 — B. Hoeffel, Lat d. K. Armour, Eie 7-0; 189 — M. Gelinas, NP wbf R. Morehouse, South; 215 — C. Martin, Kod d. J. Sawyer, NP 9-5; T. Muetz, Col wbf K. Kanyurak, Bar.

Hawks, Moose

win at Cordova

HOUSTON — There was a distinct Mat-Su flavor during the final round of the Cordova Invitational at Cordova High School on Saturday.

Only two weight classes during the final round did not include a Valley wrestler.

Palmer scored seven individual titles and placed eight wrestlers in the finals. Houston passed seven into the final round and a trio of Hawks won their weight class.

Jared Kemp (125), L.J. Leppanen (130), Nick Stahler (140), Isaac Minturn (152), Sam Heindel (171), Ransome Kelley (189) and Will Peters (285) won titles. David White finished second to the Moose in an all-Palmer final at 130.

Bri Shell (103), Drew Drake (112) and Justin Crowley (215) won their weight class for Houston.

Alecea Kaer (112), Janae Shannon (125), Garrett Elder (145), Arron Reese (152) and Tyler Barron (171) each finished second.

Cordova Invitational

Friday-Saturday, Cordova

Final round:

103 pounds — B. Shell, Hou p. K. Groenveld, Val 5:49; 112 — D. Drake, Hou t.f. A. Kaer, Hou 18-1; 125 — J. Kemp, Pal d. J. Shannon, Hou 8-2; 130 — L. Leppanen, Pal p. D. White, Pal 1:35; 135 — M. Ace, Val p. D. Gilman, Cord 3:37; 140 — N. Stahler, Pal p. N. Brockman, Glenn 5:40; 145 — K. Mundy, Cord d. G. Elder, Hou 8-2; 152 — I. Minturn, Pal m.d. A. Reese, Hou 14-6; 160 — J. Allen, Val p. J. Deaton, Val 3:03; 171 — S. Heindel, Pal p. T. Barron, Hou 1:01; 189 — R. Kelley, Pal p. B. Carrillo, Cord 1:05; 215 — J. Crowley, p. M. Trumblee, Cord 5:35; 275 — W. Peters, Pal p. K. Jones, Cord 8-3.

Consolation finals:

103 pounds — S. Joyce, Cord wbf; 125 — Z. Hagensieker, Hou p. M. Gasmen, Cord 3:23; 130 — R. Shannon, Hou wbf; 135 — I. Americus, Cord wbf; 140 — S. Balint, Cord p. A. Gocke, Hou 1:33; 145 — J. Keuber, Val p. J. Logsdon, Pal 3:07; 152 — M. Adams, Cord m.d. D. Medina, Pal 12-3; 160 — S. Ronnegard, Cord wbf; 171 — G. Schikora, Cord p. K. Volin, Pal 2:49; 189 — B. Putnam, Hou p. L. Rietfeld, Glenn 2:51; 215 — T. Lohse, Cord p. T. Korenev, Val 0:48; R. Navarro, Cord wbf.