Wrestling
Returning to the mat
Most of the 850 wrestlers gathered to grapple at Wasilla's Menard Sports Complex for this week's Alaska USA Wrestling State Tournament in Wasilla are kids, some as young as 5.
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WRESTLING
Chugiak wrestler ousted at US trials
Chugiak wrestler Melissa Apodaca's shot at making the Olympic team ended swiftly Sunday at the U.S. trials in Iowa City, Iowa -- but don't expect her to make a swift exit from the sport.
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WRESTLING
Hutchison eliminated in semifinals of Olympic wrestling trials
Soldotna's Michaela Hutchison made it to Saturday's semifinals at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials before her attempt to earn a spot on the Olympic women's wrestling team was derailed by a pair of one-point losses.
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WRESTLING
Chugiak wrestler is a success in life despite childhood
Melissa Apodaca has been training six hours a day with the goal of representing the United States in one of the toughest sports around, freestyle wrestling. The 22-year-old's typical day includes running and lifting weights followed by a couple hours of technique work and sparring.
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SPORTS
Wrestler raises awareness with children's foundation
Melissa Apodaca is trying to make the Olympic wrestling team, but even as she fights for a chance to represent her country, Apodaca's life isn't just about the red, white and blue. It's also about the blue, purple and teal.
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COLLEGE
Chugiak's Byers third in NCAA wrestling championships
Chugiak's Cayle Byers capped his college career by capturing third place and claiming All-America honors at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships Saturday in St. Louis.
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WRESTLING
Service rules state mat once again
When Service senior Jacob Lunsford won his first state wrestling championship Saturday, he did so emphatically with a pin in the closing seconds of the 138-pound final against Wasilla's Nate McKimson.
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WRESTLING
Wasilla, Service lead at state tourney
Nobody was more relieved to arrive at the state wrestling tournament than Caleb Pempek, a member of the defending state champion Wasilla team who totaled his truck Friday morning on the way to Bartlett High.
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WRESTLING
State wrestling tournament begins today
Wasilla will begin its defense of the Class 4A state wrestling title today at Bartlett High, where the best wrestlers from the state's largest schools will begin preliminary matches at 10 a.m.
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WRESTLING
Blind wrestler pushes self as he learns basics
His moves on the mat are so fluid and without hesitation, it's difficult to tell West High wrestler Paul Tandy is blind, his disability only becoming evident when the whistle blows and the sophomore is guided back to the center of the mat by a referee.
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