A group of Wrangell’s wrestlers were able to make it over to Sitka over the weekend, finishing with several high placements and an injury.
“It went well,” said Jeff Rooney, the team’s coach.
After taking a weekend off to recuperate from some injuries and catch up on schoolwork, Wrangell started wrestling at Mount Edgecumbe High School on December 1 with a
round-robin tournament. The next day weight groups went into competitive bracket play.
“We had a few really good matches and some really good wrestling,” said Rooney.
In the 113-weight group, Chase Kincaid placed first
overall for his class. He opened with a 7-4 win by decision over the host team’s freshman
Ethan Cooke. Kincaid went on to win over Craig wrestler Matthew Colbert by 7-0 decision in the semifinal round,
before coming up against
Petersburg’s Josh Coonrad.
The Wrangell freshman was able to best the senior by
9-0 majority decision for the win.
In the 145-pound class, Ian Jenson earned the team 42.5 points with a second place finish. In his first round, Jenson won by 14-2 majority decision over Wayne Young from Sitka. He proceeded to win by
technical fall over Metlakatla’s Jacob Jametski in the next, and after a bye faced Sitka’s
Reilly Holden in the semifinals. Jenson won with a pin in 34 seconds, and after a closely contested match for first lost to Klawock’s Jonas Heppe in a 4-2 decision.
Competing in the 152, Hunter Wiederspohn also finished in second. He began with a major decision win over Merrick Dundas from Meltakatla, 13-3. Afterward, Wiederspohn won by fall over Tristan Keely from Hood River Valley in 3:05. He finished his third round with a technical fall over Alex Andrews from the hosting team.
In the quarter- and semifinals, Wiederspohn finished with pins over Petersburg’s Adam Ware and Craig’s Maverick Ballard. Facing James Heppe from Klawock in the final, Heppe won by technical foul over the Wrangell senior. In all, Wiederspohn earned his team 46.5 points.
Like his other classmates, Dillon Rooney finished in second place for the 182 bracket. After winning by a 10-0 majority decision over Sully Shulz from Ketchikan in the opener, Rooney pinned Sitka’s John Welsh in 2:53. He won next by fall over Brandon Ware from Petersburg in 2:31, and in the championship bracket won by technical fall over Thunder Mountain’s Camden Erickson. In the first-place match, another closely competed match ended with a close loss to TMHS’s Derek Mason, who won by 2-1 decision.
In the 106, Jonah Comstock’s tournament was cut short by an injury, his second of the season.
“He wrestled tough, and we’re looking forward to seeing him come back,” said Rooney.
The season has just about wound up for wrestling, and the team took off for Region V in Ketchikan yesterday. Depending on how they fare there, the Wolves may be headed to the State Championships in Anchorage the following weekend.
“I’m really proud of those boys,” Rooney commented.
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