{"id":105226,"date":"2023-12-10T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/home\/mt-edgecumbe-wins-asaa-region-v-division-ii-and-girls-wrestling-championships\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T06:30:00","slug":"mt-edgecumbe-wins-asaa-region-v-division-ii-and-girls-wrestling-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/mt-edgecumbe-wins-asaa-region-v-division-ii-and-girls-wrestling-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Edgecumbe wins ASAA Region V Division II and Girls Wrestling Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
Mt. Edgecumbe High School won both the Girls and Division II team titles at the 2023 ASAA Region V Wrestling Championships on Saturday at Thunder Mountain High School.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Wrangell 114-pound junior Della Churchill was selected the Girls Outstanding Wrestler and Haines 171-pound senior Leo Wald the DII Outstanding Wrestler. Haines also won the team Sportsmanship<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Lady Braves tallied 104 points to escape a solid push from Ketchikan with 103, Wrangell had 82, Metlakatla 53, Hoonah 28, Petersburg 23, Hydaburg 22, Craig 20, Southeast Island School District 0 and the Braves scored 202 points, Haines 138, WRG 134, Sitka 86.5, PSG 51, CRG 23, Kake 16, HNH 15, Skagway 15, SISD 7, MET 3 and HYD 0.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Ketchikan senior Julia Biagi works to pin Mt. Edgecumbe senior Makenna Beans in the 126-pound girls championship match of the 2023 ASAA Region V wrestling tournament Saturday at Thunder Mountain High School. Biagi won by pin. (Klas Stolpe\/ For the Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
The first match of the finals started with an unusual occurrence with MEHS 100-pound senior Sarah Nanouk-Jones earning a takedown in the first 30 seconds over WRG freshman Sophia Martinsen. Martinsen would reverse her position with 50 seconds left in the first period, but the reversal involved a penalty issued to Martinsen for locking her hands. In that situation the other wrestler has a chance to better her position before the referee enforces the penalty. Unfortunately Nanouk-Jones suffered an injury during the move and could not continue the match. However she did receive a penalty point and the win.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
WRG would get title wins by 107-pound freshman Hailey Cook, 114-pound Churchill, 152-pound Mia Wiederspohn and 165-pound Katelynn Gillen and KTN had title wins by 126-pound Julia Biagi and 132-pound Abigail Henson while MEHS relied on multiple wrestlers scoring across the weekend for the team trophy, including twin 132-pound seniors Sarah and Audrey Bahnke. HNH, 120-pound junior Krista Howland, HYD 138-pound junior Macy Alander, CRG 152-pound sophomore Abigail Patten and 185-pound MET sophomore Felicity Leisholmn had title wins.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Wrangell senior Keegan Hanson pins Mt. Edgecumbe senior Atigun Pensley in the 152-pound Division II championship match of the 2023 ASAA Region V wrestling tournament Saturday at Thunder Mountain High School. (Klas Stolpe\/ For the Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
On the boys side MEHS had title wins from 103-pound freshman Ben Belluta unopposed, 119-pound junior Evan Andrew and 285-pound sophomore Donovan Standifer and, again, a variety of wins through the weekend. HNS 112-pound junior Hayden Jimenez, 145-pound sophomore Nolan Wald, 160-pound junior Dalton Henry, and L. Wald and Wrangell 125-pound sophomore Ben Houser, 130-pound freshman Jackson Carney, 140-pound sophomore Ian Nelson and 152-pound senior Keegan Hanson had title wins. Championships also went to SIT 135-pound senior Kai Davis, 215-pound classmate Aiden Ojala and CRG 189-pound senior Bryant Holloway who did a backflip off the medal stand during award presentations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Haines senior Leo Wald attempts to pin Mt. Edgecumbe junior Richard Didrickson during their 171-pound championship match of the 2023 ASAA Region V wrestling tournament Saturday at Thunder Mountain High School. Leo Wald was voted the Division II Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. (Klas Stolpe\/ For the Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
GIRLS FINAL PLACINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 100 pounds: 1st Sarah Nanouk-Jones, sr. MEHS; 2nd Sophia Martinsen, fr. WRG.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 107: 1st Hailey Cook, fr. WRG; 2nd Dorothea Okitkun, jr. MEHS; 3rd Gabrielle Bueno, jr. KTN; 4th Miette Adams, sr. MET.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 114: 1st Della Churchill, jr. WRG; 2nd Nevaeh George, jr. MEHS; 3rd Hayden Naneng, jr. MEHS; 4th Meg Thompson, so. KTN; 5th MJ Jasper, so. KTN; 6th Chloe Lane, so. HNH.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 120: 1st Krista Howland, jr. HNH; 2nd Summer Boling, so. KTN; 3rd Lakell Deinhardt, sr. PSG; 4th Minh-thu Vo, so. KTN; 5th Violet Anania, fr. SISD; 6th Andrea Westdahl, fr. MEHS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 126: 1st Julia Biagi, sr. KTN; 2nd Makenna Beans, sr. MEHS; 3rd Shannon McCarty, jr. MET; 4th Nya Eby, jr. PSG<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 132: 1st Abigail Henson, jr. KTN; 2nd Audrey Bahnke, sr. MEHS; 3rd Sarah Bahnke, sr. MEHS; 4th Fyscher Humphrey, fr. PSG; 5th Kyah Martin, fr. HNH; 6th Mackenzie Williams, fr. MET.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 138: 1st Macy Alander, jr. HYD; 2nd Isadora Oliver, sr. KTN; 3rd Maelyn Westdahl, jr. MEHS; 4th Sarah Weyhmiller, jr. KTN; 5th Liliana Wainscott, fr. SISD.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 145: 1st Abigail Patten, so. CRG; 2nd Dannica Hayward, fr. MET; 3rd Riley Dock, so. MEHS; 4th Aryah Dybdahl, fr. HNH.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 152:1st Mia Wiederspohn, sr. WRG; 2nd Lexi Cook, jr. MET.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 165: 1st Katelynn Gillen, jr. WRG; 2nd Vanessa Johnson, jr. WRG.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 185: 1st Felicity Leisholmn, so. MET.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t