Colony held a commanding lead after the first day of wrestling at the Lancer Smith Memorial Tournament at Palmer High.
The Knights advanced five wrestlers to today's championship matches and scored 188.5 points through Friday's semifinal matches.
Wasilla is second in the team standings with 131.5 points and Dillingham is a strong third with 122.
Twenty-three schools from throughout the state are competing.
Team Scores
1) Colony 188.5; 2) Wasilla 131.5; 3) Dillingham 122; 4) East 112; 5) Chugiak 104.5; 6) South 96.5; 7) Skyview 90; 8) Service 65.50; 9) Kodiak 62; 10) Ketchikan 60; 11) Valdez 56; 12) Palmer 55; 13) Bartlett 47; 14) West 45; 15) ACS 33; 16) Sitka 32; 17) Dimond 31.5; 18) tie, Eagle River and Soldotna, 26.00; 20) Houston 18; 21) Glennallen 15; 22) Chevak 4; 23) Tok 0.
Semifinal results
103 -- Keifer Groeneveld, Valdez, pinned Grant Gagnon, Chugiak, :21; Noah Roetman, Colony, maj. dec. Hannah Hutchinson, Skyview, 11-0. 112 -- Jarred Miller, Dillingham, dec. Cole Miller, Wasilla, 8-6; Abe Fox, Wasilla, dec. Johnny Hogenson, South, 4-2. 119 -- Ross Sanford, Ketchikan, dec. Gabe Loggins, Colony, 9-7; Isac Wilson, Colony, dec. Bryce Wilson, Skyview, 11-8. 125 -- Mat Malnoske, East, dec. Jacob Rusell, South, 7-3; Charles Coismen, Colony, pinned Ricky Lisenby, Bartlett, 1:42. 130 -- Skyler Moore, East, pinned Jered Kemp, Palmer, 3:19; Josh Brown, Wasilla, pinned Luke Faulkner, Colony, 1:57. 135 -- Ben Sullivan, Chugiak, pinned Ian Fultz, Ketchikan, 1:44; Mathew Rogers, Dillingham, dec. Daniel Brandon, ACS, 14-6. 140 -- Nathan Hoffer, East, tech. fall Kyle Boss, Colony, 5:50; Derek Johnson, Wasilla, dec. Brandon Bahnke, ACS, 2-0. 145 -- Luke Shelly, South, won by forfeit over Mike Miranda, Dimond; Drake McGraw, Dimond, pinned Patrick Mullett, Chugiak, 3:53. 152 -- Reed Tennyson, Dillingham, tech. fall Ben Nix, Dimond, 5:43; Grant Sullivan, Chugiak, dec. Caleb Pempek, Wasilla, 7-6. 160 -- Buddy Pressler, West, dec. Ryan Knutson, Colony, 9-8; Justin Allen, Valdez, dec. Jared Thomas, Skyview, 2-0. 171 -- Kenny Boykin, Colony, pinned Jesse Hamilton, East 2:17; Fred Pollard, Skyview, pinned Jerry Hulsing, Dillingham, 5:34. 189 -- Stephen Ellis, Service, maj. dec. Garrett Morrison, Chugiak, 16-6; Ross Morehouse, South, pinned Daniel Wilson, East, 3:42. 215 -- Eric Fan, Colony, pinned Nick Archuleta, South 2:42; Quinton Backford, Dillingham, pinned Jacob Johnson, Wasilla, 1:20. 275 -- Anthony Atonio, Kodiak, pinned Chavous Levao, Bartlett, :27; Caleb Green, Bartlett, dec. Renn Wright, Colony, 5-3.
Anchorage Daily News
sports@adn.com