High School Sports

Colony on pace for repeat championship at state wrestling tournament

The championship matches are set in Alaska's Division I, Division II and girls state wrestling tournaments after Friday's matches at the Alaska Airlines Center.

It's a tight team race in the Division I tournament, home to the state's largest schools, with Colony leading with 210 points, Lathrop in second with 206.5. South is third with 171.

Colony, last year's champion, and Lathrop each have six wrestlers in championship finals and South has five.

Homer leads the Division II tournament with 162 points to Bethel's 122. Homer put seven wrestlers in the finals and Bethel has four.

Bethel's Thomas Dyment will try to join select company Saturday when he tries for his fourth straight state title. Dyment is wrestling Maxim Kusnetsov of Voznesenka in the 113-pound weight class.

Championship finals are set for 6 p.m. Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Center. The day will start with consolation matchups at 9 a.m.

Saturday's championship matches

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Division I

98 pounds — Adam Concepcion (South) vs. Jeremy Bockert (Lathrop)
106 — Aedyn Concepcion (South) vs. Jared Hopkins (Colony)
113 — Jacob Spencer (Lathrop) vs. Marcus Riedlinger (Colony)
120 — Gideon Hutchison (Soldotna) vs. Alexander Logsdon (Wasilla)
126 — Jacob Shack (South) vs. Rush Fannon (Colony)
132 — Kobe Ames (Lathrop) vs. Brayden Linne (Ketchikan)
138 — Isaiah Elvsaas (Wasilla) vs. Micah Ee (South)
145 — Westley Bockert (Lathrop) vs. Spencer Martin (South)
152 — Andrue Shepersky (Wasilla) vs. Bechler Metcalf (Soldotna)
160 — Zachary Tolver (Lathrop) vs. Joshua Nummer (Kodiak)
170 — Eric Christy (Colony) vs. Levi Farris (Palmer)
182 — Caleb Hopkins (Colony) vs. Auston Vreeland (Dimond)
195 — Bradley Antesberger (North Pole) v. Simon Ganchenko (Colony)
220 — Carl Tupou (Thunder Mountain) vs. Jason Edwards (Lathrop)
285 — Poe Vaafuti (West) vs. John Faletagoai (Dimond)

Division II

98 — Caleb O`Hara (ACS) vs. James Paris (Redington)
106 — Jarius Allain (Bethel) vs. Deven Perez (Eielson)
113 — Thomas Dyment (Bethel) vs. Maxim Kusnetsov (Voznesenka)
120 — Blunka Blunka Jr. (New Stuyahok) vs. Seth Inama (Homer)
126 — Wayne Newman (Homer) vs. Riley Rust (Monroe Catholic)
132 — Luciano Fasulo (Homer) vs. Jesse Noden (Dillingham)
138 — Kye Pearce (Hutchison) vs. Mose Hayes (Homer)
145 — Hayden Lieb (Bethel) vs. Jonas Heppe (Klawock)
152 — James Heppe (Klawock) vs. Mian Alexie-Leonard (Bethel)
160 — Michael Lucas (Holy Rosary Academy) vs. Kyler Sumauang (Sitka)
170 — Caden Gerlach (Glennallen)vs. Justin Ward of Aniak
182 — Evan Bockman (Grace Christian)vs. Tristen Cook (Homer)
195 — Levi King (Homer) vs. Sione Tuifua (Barrow)
220 — Kyle Wells (Homer) vs. Tanner Clark (Monroe Catholic)
285 — Dylan Jackson (Houston) vs. Haley Osborne (Mt. Edgecumbe)

Girls

106 — Kailey Fowlkes (North Pole) vs. Jolie Lucas (Eielson)
113 —Elizabeth Schumaker (North Pole) vs. Kristina Gerasimyuk (Wasilla)
120 —Alex Moseley (Homer) vs. Raeann Jackson (North Pole)
132 — Shelby Ottum (South) vs. Brystel Charlie (Mt. Edgecumbe)
145 — McKenzie Cook (Homer) vs. Madison Ellis (South)
160 — Sydnee Kimber (Mt. Edgecumbe) vs. Eve Negovanna (Barrow)
182 — Agatha Andrews (Mt. Edgecumbe) vs. Tina Conwell (Kotzebue)
220 — Jayleen Sekona (South) vs. Rachel Moore (Shaktoolik)

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