The final opportunity to get matches in their desired weight-classes and a final opportunity to maybe move-up in the upcoming seeding for conference wrestling tournaments was provided wrestlers from 24 different teams from throughout Alaska at the Grace Grizzly Shakedown Tournament.
Conference wrestling tournaments are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, December 10th and 11th.
The Soldotna Stars will travel to Kodiak for the Northern Lights Conference Wrestling Championships to compete against Kodiak, Colony, Palmer and Wasilla.
Kenai Central, Nikiski, Seward and Homer will compete at the Kachemak Conference Wrestling Championships at Houston High School.
Grace Grizzly Shakedown Tournament
The Soldotna Stars finished fourth overall in the boys team scoring, in-spite-of, holding many top wrestlers out of the competition. South topped the team scoring with 196 points followed by Palmer, Colony and SoHi.
The best competition for local wrestlers may have been in the girls division.
Soldotna High
103 lbs. Jessica Leclair, 2nd
112 lbs. Angelina Chavarria, 3rd
135 lbs. Daisy Hannevold, 3rd
145 lbs. Trinity Donovan, 1st
Kenai Central
160 lbs. Simone Watts, 1st
In the boys’ varsity, top five finishes included:
Soldotna High
103 lbs. Jacob Strausbaugh, 3rd
125 lbs. Ezekiel Miller, 2nd
145 lbs. Isaac Chavarria, 1st
145 lbs. Logan Duyck, 4th
189 lbs. Hunter Richardson, 1st
All meet results: individual, team and brackets available here: Click for details!
