The Northern Lights Conference and the Kachemak Conference crowned individual and team champions in high school wrestling with the NLC tournament at Wasilla High and the Kachemak tournament at Homer High School.
Northern Lights Conference
The Colony Knights held-off a challenge by Wasilla and Palmer for the NLC team title.
Four individual champions representing Soldotna and Kenai High School earned automatic qualification to the upcoming ASAA 4A State Wrestling Championships, along with a collection of top-five finishers in each of the 15 weight classes contested.
Seth Hutchison, a senior at SoHi, won his fourth-straight state wrestling championship; Seth won the 126-pound title with a narrow 5-4 decision in the championship match.
Gideon Hutchison, a freshman for the Stars, captured his first conference title with a pin in the 106-pound championship match.
Kenai senior Zack Koziczkowski recorded a pin over SoHi’s Dalton Best in the 285-pound championship pairing.
In the girls championship final, Kenai’s Natalie Chavez won by pin in the 106-pound division.
Additional state qualifiers representing SoHi and Kenai to ASAA 4A State Wrestling Championships (unofficial until released by ASAA):
2nd Place Finisher: SoHi Dalton Best, 285 lb.
Third Place Finishers: SoHi Logan Craig, 98 lb.; SoHi Bechler Metcalf, 145 lb.; Kenai Keyshawn McEnerney, 152 lb.; SoHi E. VanHout, 160 lb.: SoHi Austin Schraeder, 170; SoHi P. Wilcox, 195 lb.
4th Place Finishers: SoHi Abraham VanHout, 152 lb.
5th Place Finishers: SoHi L. Sullivan, 98 lb.; Kenai J. Anderson, 126 lb.; Kenai B. Dunham, 160 lb.;
Kachemak Conference
The Homer Mariners wrestled to the team title in the Kachemak Conference and the Nikiski Bulldogs earned three individual championships and qualify ten wrestlers to the upcoming 1-2-3A ASAA Wrestling Championships.
Nikiski senior TJ Cox won the 120-pound division with a technical fall victory in the final match.
Bulldog senior Nathan Carstens captured the 170-pound division, recording a 5-4 decision in the championship match.
Senior Luke Johnson was crowned 285-pound champion, receiving a medical forfeit in the final match.
Additional state qualifiers representing Nikiski to ASAA 1-2-3A State Wrestling Championships (unofficial until released by ASAA):
2nd Place Finisher: Justin Cox, 138 lb.; Warren Gage, 182 lb.
Third Place Finishers: Gabe Smith, 106 lb.; Dylan Broussard, 170 lb.; Tyler Litke, 220 lb.
4th Place Finishers: Malcolm Yerkes, 98 lb.; Dustin Mullins, 160 lb.
Kachemak MVP Wrestler: Homer Tommy Woo
Kachemak Coach of the Year: Chris Perk
ASAA Girls, 1-2-3A, 4A State Wrestling Championships
Friday and Saturday, December 18-19
Bartlett & Chugiak High Schools
State Championship Schedule and Qualifiers: Click Here!
