
Photo courtesy of Darren Lieb
The Bethel Warrior Wrestlers competed at the Grace Grizzly Shakedown held at Grace Christian School in Anchorage this past weekend, December 3-5, 2021. Five wrestlers placed in the top five including undefeated senior Landon Smith, 30-0, was voted the Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler after he beat the #1 ranked 4A wrestler and returning 4A State Champion from East Anchorage. Emilie Madson also won first in the 103 girls division. Brielle Herron took home two silver medals in the 125 lb. varsity and varsity 2 brackets, Hayden Naneng placed 5th in the 103 lb. division, and Isabelle Lieb placed 4th in the 145 lb. division.
Other Bethel wrestlers competing at the event also included Payton Boney (135G), Katherine Small (135G), Alvino Vasquez (103), Paul Dyment (125), Aaron Mute (130), Charles Smith (145), Patricio Vasquez (160), Jordan Leinberger (160), Zahcory Jacobs-McDonald (215), and Landon Burke (215).
Up next for the Warrior Wrestlers is the Great Alaska Conference Tournament next Friday in Bethel, December 10-11, 2021 to be held at the WarriorDome.
Grace Grizzly Shakedown Results
December 3-5, 2021
Girls Varsity – 103G
1st Emilie Madson, BRHS
2nd Jessica Leclair, Soldotna
3rd Lauren Bodeen, Eagle River High School
4th Megan Cornett, Kodiak
5th Hayden Naneng, BRHS
Girls Varsity – 125G
1st Avery Long, Palmer High School
2nd Briella Herron, BRHS
3rd Bella Young, Bristol Bay
Girls Varsity – 145G
1st Trinity Donovan, Soldotna
2nd Kaitlyn Cottrell, Colony High School
3rd Makaylen King, South Anchorage High School
4th Isabel Lieb, BRHS
Girls Varsity 2 – 125G
1st Avery Long, Palmer High School
2nd Briella Herron, BRHS
3rd Bella Young, Bristol Bay
Varsity – 119
1st Landon Smith, BRHS
2nd Benjamin Pope, East Anchorage High School
3rd John Paul Lavarias, West Anchorage
4th Anan Siackhasone, South Anchorage High School
Team Results
1 South Anchorage, 196.0; 2 Palmer, 141.0; 3 Colony, 131.0; 4 Soldotna, 123.0; 5 Service High, 111.5; 6 East Anchorage, 103.0; 7 Eagle River, 80.5; 8 Grace Christian, 80.5; 9 West Anchorage, 77.0; 10 Chugiak, 69.5; 11 Bethel, 53.5; 12 Barrow, 46.0; 13 Dimond, 42.5; 14 Kenai Central, 42.0; 15 Homer, 34.5; 16 Kodiak, 25.5; 17 Houston, 20.0; 18 Dillingham, 18.0; 19 Seward, 17.5; 20 Bartlett, 11.0; 21 Anchorage Christian Schools, 8.0; 22 New Stuyahok, 8.0; 23 Bristol Bay, 3.0; 24 Newhalen, 0.0.