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Alaska Business Monthly magazine “Best of Alaska Business” Awards Image courtesy of ASAA FNBAlaska.com Table of Contents • History of Wrestling in Alaska...................... 3 Sportsmanship • Tournament Schedule ............................. 5 Creed • Division II Boys Qualifiers ...................... 7-13 “This contest • Team Photos ..................................15-25 is being played under the • Division I Boys Qualifiers ......................27-33 authority of the • Girls Qualifiers ................................35-36 Alaska School • 2017 Good Sport Tournament Results .............37 Activities • 2017 Girls Tournament Results ....................38 Association. ASAA • 2017 Division II Tournament Results ..............39 rules provide for fair play and good • 2017 Division I Tournament Results ...............40 sportsmanship among athletes Welcome and coaches. Since booing and On behalf of the Alaska School Activities Association jeering do not (ASAA) Board of Directors and ASAA’s corporate support anyone, partners, welcome to the 2017 ASAA/First National Bank we expect fans Alaska Wrestling State Championships! To the student- to be positive in supporting their athletes, we applaud your dedication to doing your favorite team best for yourself and for your school. To the coaches, with encouraging counselors and parents, thank you for continuing to comments and support interscholastic sports and activities. And to cheers. Please refrain from the spectators, we appreciate you for being part of this words or actions statewide championship event. that would reflect negatively on your school and team. In other words, BE A FAN...NOT A Billy Strickland, Executive Director FANATIC.” Alaska School Activities Association 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships 1 2 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships History of Wrestling in Alaska Wrestling in Alaska had its beginning in 1961. In those days, East High and West High were double shifting but no formal wrestling programs were in existence until Wally Smith agreed to coach an East team if Keith Johnson would coach a West team. Smith and Johnson introduced their teams during a halftime performance at a basketball game. The Eagles and Thunderbirds, clad in dyed longjohn underwear, wrestled Alaska’s first dual meet with each school winning two matches. Anchorage’s first tournament was in 1962-63 and consisted of five teams---East, West, Palmer, Kenai, and Kodiak. Gary Bernardson replaced Wally Smith at East and coached for two years until Ron Lavalley took over. In 1967, Jerry Palmer assumed the Thunderbird helm. About this same time, Kent Hansen at Mt. Edgecumbe introduced wrestling to Southeast Alaska. Another program was also started at Seward. Southcentral teams competed in the Western Alaska High School Association Tournament from 1962 until 1972. West Anchorage was a dominant team until 1969 when East Anchorage won three consecutive titles. During those years, larger schools were classified as AA and smaller schools as A. Homer was the Division A winner in 1969, giving up the crown to Chugiak for 1970 and 1971. Chugiak first began competing in wrestling in 1967 under the tutelage of Dick Kerbow and didn’t waste any time becoming recognized as a top grappling school statewide. The first Alaska State High School Wrestling Tournament was held at Service High School in 1972 with the first and second place regional winners in each weight competing from the two geographic regions of Alaska---Southeast and Southcentral. Fifteen schools from throughout Alaska were represented but no scores were kept, but it was noted that the Southcentral schools had eight champs to only four for the Southeast schools. The 1973 State Championship was held in Juneau, but again no team scores were kept. In 1979, the state championships were divisionalized into small schools (Division I) and large schools (Division II). Then in 1985, the divisions were revised into classifications based on enrollments. At that point, any school under 400 students would wrestle for the 1A-2A-3A State Championships, while schools over 400 were 4A. 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships 3 Take the pledge. 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AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. 4 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships Tournament Schedule 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships 5 Strengthening Alaska Through Our Values Proud sponsor of the Alaska School Activities Association WeAreASRC @ASRC_ AK @WeAreASRC 6 2017 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships Division II Boys Qualifiers WRESTLER SCHOOL CONFERENCE PLACE Sylvin Carter Eielson High School 2017 ASAA Denali Conference 1 Stephen Maxie Napaskiak 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 1 Hunter Secor Bethel 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 2 Caleb O`Hara Anchorage Christian Schools 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 1 James Paris Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 2 Clay Petersen Seward High School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 3 Ivan Blunka New Stuyahok 2017 ASAA Sockeye Conference Tournament 1 Raymond Wooten Kalskag 2017 ASAA At-Large/Unfilled Berth 2 98 lb. WRESTLER SCHOOL CONFERENCE PLACE Deven Perez Eielson High School 2017 ASAA Denali Conference 1 Jarius Allain Bethel 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 1 Travis Chaney Bethel 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 2 Jude Merriner Grace Christian School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 1 Luke Hofacker Anchorage Christian Schools 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 2 Ethan Tucker Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 3 Darius Tilden Dillingham High School 2017 ASAA Sockeye Conference Tournament 1 Jason Hadraki Sand Point High School 2017 ASAA Sockeye Conference Tournament 2 Jonathan Barratt Wrangell Wolves 2017 ASAA SE Region V 123A 1 Dayton Hoblet Mt. Edgecumbe High School 2017 ASAA SE Region V 123A 2 Ethan Tucker Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School 2017 ASAA At-Large/Unfilled Berth 1 106 lb. Keaton Ryherd Houston High School 2017 ASAA At-Large/Unfilled Berth 2 Aiden Nicholai Napaskiak 2017 ASAA At-Large/Unfilled Berth 3 WRESTLER SCHOOL CONFERENCE PLACE Noah Lucia Glacier View High School 2017 ASAA Denali Conference 1 Isaiah Hoffman Glennallen High School 2017 ASAA Denali Conference 2 Thomas Dyment Bethel 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 1 Curtis Jeppesen Unalaska 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 2 Maxim Kusnetsov Voznesenka 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 1 Matthew Bohlman Anchorage Christian Schools 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 2 Owen Ford Grace Christian School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 3 Michael Hatch Kotzebue High School 2017 ASAA Northern Conference 1 Anthony Librado Barrow High School 2017 ASAA Northern Conference 2 Jimmy Nicolai Dillingham High School 2017 ASAA Sockeye Conference Tournament 1 Braydyn Brandell King Cove High School 2017 ASAA Sockeye Conference Tournament 2 113 lb. Ethan Cooke Mt. Edgecumbe High School 2017 ASAA SE Region V 123A 1 Chase Kincaid Wrangell Wolves 2017 ASAA SE Region V 123A 2 Matthew Colbert Craig High School 2017 ASAA SE Region V 123A 3 Ajey Moses Chevak 2017 ASAA At-Large/Unfilled Berth 1 David Revilak Houston High School 2017 ASAA At-Large/Unfilled Berth 2 WRESTLER SCHOOL CONFERENCE PLACE Moses Korth Glennallen High School 2017 ASAA Denali Conference 1 Greg Thomson Hutchison High School 2017 ASAA Denali Conference 2 Seth Smith Bethel 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 1 Avery Hoffman Bethel 2017 ASAA Great Alaska Conference 2 Seth Inama Homer High School Mariners 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 1 Jonathan Kirby Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 2 Cole Norcross Seward High School 2017 ASAA Kachemak Conference 3 JJ Marble Nome High School 2017 ASAA Northern Conference 1 Taylor Kulukhon Shaktoolik High School 2017 ASAA Northern Conference 2 Blunka Blunka Jr. New Stuyahok 2017 ASAA Sockeye Conference Tournament 1 Justin Dye Dillingham High School 2017 ASAA Sockeye