Wrangell junior Della Churchill pins Mount Edgecumbe junior Nevaeh George in the girls 114-pound championship match of the Southeast region wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau. Churchill was selected the Girls Outstanding Wrestler in the tournament. See Page XX for the wrestling story.
Wrangell senior Mia Wiederspohn pins Metlakatla junior Lexi Cook in the 152-pound girls championship match of the Southeast region wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau.
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team took third overall at the Southeast Division II regional championship, with eight individuals coming home with first-place finishes in their weight classes.
Wrangell Junior Della Churchill was voted Outstanding Female Wrestler of the tournament.
Mt. Edgecumbe, with 202 points, won the Division II title in the Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-9, competition at Juneau's Thunder Mountain High School. Haines came in second at 138, with Wrangell tallying 134.5 points, followed by Sitka, Petersburg, Craig, Kake, Hoonah, Skagway, Southeast Island School District and Metlakatla.
In the girls division, Wrangell also came in third overall with 82 points, behind Mt. Edgecumbe at 104 and Ketchikan at 103.
Haines won the team Sportsmanship Award.
Wrangell's eight individual championships were the most of any team in the tournament, Wolves' coach Jack Carney said.
Of Wrangell's 18-wrestler roster, 12 qualified for the upcoming state tournament and an additional four were selected for the competition by the Alaska School Activities Association, Carney said.
The state tournament is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15-16, in Anchorage.
Carney said he was happy with how the team competed and the third-place finishes at Southeast. "It just shows how much hard work the kids are putting in," he said. "It shows that the program is working."
Winning individual first-place honors at Southeast were Wrangell senior Keegan Hanson in the 152-pound class, who defeated Atigun Pensley of Mt. Edgecumbe; sophomore Ben Houser at 125 against Elden Andrew of Mt. Edgecumbe; sophomore Ian Nelson at 140, who took down Radson Paul of Mt. Edgecumbe; and freshman Jackson Carney at 130 overcame Evander Elixman of Sitka.
Coming in second were Wrangell's Cooper Powers at 112, who battled Hayden Jimenez of Haines in the final round; and Boomchain Loucks at 119, who lost to Evan Andrew of Mt. Edgecumbe in the final.
Taking firsts in the girls division were senior Mia Wiederspohn at 152, who triumphed over Lexi Cook of Metlakatla; Churchill at 114 pounds defeated Nevaeh George of Mt. Edgecumbe; sophomore Hailey Cook at 107 won against Dorothea Okitkun of Mt. Edgecumbe; and sophomore Katelynn Gillen at 165 took down teammate Vanessa Johnson.
Coming in second in the girls division was Wrangell's Sophia Martinsen at 100, who lost to Sarah Nanouk-Jones of Mt. Edgecumbe in the final round.
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