The Bethel Warriors Varsity boys team traveled to the Kenai Peninsula to wrestle at the Top Dog tournament in Nikiski. Sheldon Smith, Paul Dyment, and Aaron Mute all won silver medals. Mason Fitka won a bronze medal. Other Warrior wrestlers participating in the event included: Drini Pellumbi, Shawn McIntyre, Madden Cockroft, and Landon Burke. Below are the individual results. The Warriors placed 7th overall.
Top Dog Tournament Results
October 28-29 at Nikiski
103
1st Young Erikson, Nome
2nd Tommy Jarnig, Seward
3rd Ryley Young, Dillingham
4th Clay Martin, Dillingham
5th Samuel Henry, Soldotna
112
1st Achilles Alexander, Wasilla
2nd Caleb Metcalf, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
3rd Liam Rogers, Eagle River
4th Gusty Tunguing Iv, Koliganek
5th Blake Bailey, Cordova
6th Vash Bundy, Eagle River
7th Dylan McCambly, Dillingham
8th Alexander King, Colony
9th Drini Pellumbi, Bethel
10th Hunter Johnson, Wasilla
11th Aodhan Nakada, Grace Christian
119
1st Hunter Forshee-Kurtz, Seward
2nd Sheldon Smith, Bethel
3rd Louie Flint, Eagle River
4th Giuliano Maddamma, Service
5th Eli Banks, Houston
125
1st Alden Bevis, Service
2nd Hayden Kearney, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
3rd Tristian Tilden, Dillingham
4th Wyatt Maguire, Nikiski
5th Trenton Keith, Houston
130
1st Myles Campbell, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
2nd Paul Dyment, Bethel
3rd Daniel Steffensen, Kenai Central
4th Tristan Goodell, Koliganek
5th Vance Griffin, Wasilla
135
1st Son Erikson, Nome
2nd Aaron Mute, Bethel
3rd Colton Merriner, Grace Christian
4th Aidan LaSelle, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
5th Benicio Rubio, Houston
140
1st Alexander Green, Service
2nd Josh Paulson, Grace Christian
3rd Sawyer Stevens, Kodiak
4th Brandt Steiner, Wasilla
5th Lucas Peters, Eagle River
6th Cobin OMary, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
7th Reymond Perez, Kenai Central
8th Keegan Feezell-wild, Wasilla
9th Ayden Stickle, Wasilla
10th Shawn McIntyre, Bethel
145
1st Ryunosuke Tsukada, Service
2nd Antonio Perez, Kenai Central
3rd Dameon Tugmon-Grube, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
4th Nicholas Rackley, Soldotna
5th Bryson Diola, Eagle River
6th Jake Thacker, Anchorage Christians
7th Max Moat, Wasilla
8th Carson Crotts, Grace Christian
9th Niles Broussard, Nikiski
10th Macallen Marion, Kenai Central
11th Daniel Cook, Palmer
12th Dylan Cornelison, Colony
13th Delen Byrd, Kenai Central
14th Troy Geary, Houston
15th Jude Lindberg, Anchorage Christians
16th Madden Cockroft, Bethel
152
1st Andrew Gaethle, Kenai Central
2nd Hayden Whitt, Service
3rd Cameron Cook, Kenai Central
4th Thomas Swalling, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
5th Liam Peck, Soldotna
160
1st Jevin Lim, Service
2nd Graelin Chaney, Dillingham
3rd Mason Fitka, Bethel
4th Jaykob Kemp, Soldotna
5th Corbin Owen, Grace Christian
171
1st Zachary Priebe, Service
2nd Aiden Roschi, Eagle River
3rd Wyatt Milnes, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
4th Ezra Ginn, Palmer
5th Thomas Weller, Colony
189
1st Stephen Scott, Anchorage Christians
2nd Langill Dutch, Palmer
3rd Ethan Benton, Kodiak
4th Tim Goodnight, Nikiski
5th Sioeli Tuifua, Barrow
6th Ethan Smith, Colony
7th Landon Burke, Bethel
8th Jacob Lehman, Palmer
9th Gavin Stoddard, Grace Christian
10th Mitchell Christy, Eagle River
215
1st Benjamin Kaui, Barrow
2nd Robert Isabel, Nikiski
3rd Kavik Skonberg, Kodiak
4th Liam Brown, Wasilla
5th Justus Spaulding, Redington Sr. Jr/Sr
285
1st Uatahouse Tuifua, Barrow
2nd Mayaac Schmit, Nikiski
3rd Arnold Baffour, Service
4th John VanBuskirk, Seward
5th Benjamin Taufa, Service
Team Scores: 1 Service High, 309.0; 2 Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High 288.5; 3 Wasilla High, 213.0; 4 Kodiak, 194.0; 5 Eagle River, 192.0; 6 Nikiski, 144.0; 7 Bethel, 135.0; 8 Kenai Central, 132.0; 9 Soldotna, 123.5; 10 Dillingham, 117.0; 11 Palmer, 108.0; 12 Barrow, 104.0; 13 Grace Christian, 100.0; 14 Colony, 96.0; 15 Seward, 86.5; 16 Nome, 86.0; 17 Homer, 84.5; 18 Houston, 80.0; 19 ACS, 79.0; 20 Cordova, 70.0; 21 Koliganek, 63.0; 22 Bristol Bay, 48.0.
