FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
Edgecumbe Wrestlers Take Second in Tourney
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
“I couldn’t really ask for much more,” Mt. Edgecumbe wrestling coach Jeff Sato said after his team claimed second in a tight Southeast match-up over the weekend, at MEHS.
The Sitka High Wolves, struggling with illness, had only ten wrestlers instead of their usual complement of 16, and finished in sixth place out of eight teams at the Mt. Edgecumbe invitational.
Ketchikan took the first place spot, edging out Edgecumbe by a narrow three and a half points.
Other teams competing were Wrangell, Thunder Mountain, Petersburg, Craig, and Hydaburg.
At 103, MEHS’ Peter Griggs took sixth place, losing by fall in his final match.
In the 112-pound weight class, Sitka’s talented Colton Ewers claimed first. Ewers won by decision over Dayton Hoblet, of Mt. Edgecumbe.
MEHS coach Sato said Hoblet “had a great day… he came back from what could have been a really horrendous injury (in Anchorage).”
Edgecumbe’s Tyler Olsen took first at 119. Sitka’s Chatham Clark took fourth.
Ajey Moses, one of Edgecumbe’s top wrestlers, snagged the top spot at 125. Moses won by decision over Kayhi’s Kai Biagi.
Sitka High’s Sid Fleming tries to pin Wrangell Wolves’ Rowen
Wiederspohn, in the 171 pound weight class. Fleming won by fall to claim first place in his weight class, Saturday, at Mt. Edgecumbe High. (Sentinel photo by James Poulson
Edgecumbe senior Lloydy Ayojiak took second place in the 130-pound weight class. He lost by a fall in the final match to Wrangell’s Ryan Rooney. Sitka’s Hunter Johnson took fifth at 130, winning by fall over Petersburg Wyatt Litster.
At 135, Edgecumbe’s Emilio Mangrobang claimed first, defeating Reed Anderson, of Petersburg. Anderson had beaten Mangrobang earlier in the day, but coach Sato said “He ended up avenging a loss earlier in the day... better to have an ugly win than a pretty loss.”
Sitka’s Hank Maxwell took fifth at 135.
At 140, Edgecumbe took second and third place. Roman Lowe took second and Ethan Cooke claimed third.
MEHS wrestler Bradley Jackson took fourth at 145, losing by decision to Kayhi’s Ben Tabb.
Sitka’s Trenton Hammock was the top local finisher at 152, taking third. Sitka’s Jason Young took fourth. Hammock defeated Young by fall in their final match. Edgecumbe’s Morgan Allen claimed fifth. Sitka coach Will Patrick said Hammock “had a really good match.”
Sitka Wolves’ Sid Fleming took first at 171, beating Rowen Wiederspohn, of Wrangell, by fall. Sitka’s Toby Bernhardt took sixth place.
Sitka’s Max Johnson fought hard for second place, losing in the final match to Nick Tipton, of Thunder Mountain, in the 215 weight class. Sitka’s Gabe VanVeen took third.
At 285, Sitka’s Hunter Littlefield took second against Thunder Mountain’s Jacob Ferster.
On the girls side, Edgecumbe’s talented lightweight Jillian Afcam took first place at 112, bringing down Thunder Mountain’s Ellors Johnson by fall. MEHS coach Sato said Afcam’s “doing something right.”
At 119, Edgecumbe’s Cheyenne Murphy took fourth.
At 125, MEHS’s Maliyah Moultrie finished third. “She ended up beating a state champion twice,” Sato noted. “I’m pretty proud of her.”
Edgecumbe’s Raquel George took third at 135, winning by major decision over her teammate Bernadette John. Edgecumbe’s McKayla Kazingnuk took fifth.
The Wolves don’t have any female wrestlers this year.
A wrestling meet is scheduled this coming weekend but neither local team will attend. Sitka’s coach Patrick noted his team is “staying home for Thanksgiving.” He thought it was odd for a meet to be held over a holiday.
Sitka and Edgecumbe duel each other on Tuesday, however. Given the strong performances so far this year, the match-up promises to be interested, provided that Sitka’s wrestlers have recovered from their illnesses enough to compete.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....