Bears Wrestling Kicks Off with ‘The Altercation;’ KHS Swimmers Continue to Dominate

The Kodiak High School Bears were at a wrestling tournament in Houston called “The Altercation” over the weekend, placing fifth as a team, with 90 points.

The Colony Knights took the tournament with 204 points by winning five different weight classes. Wasilla was second with four weight-class wins at 167 points. Dimond had 110, followed by South Anchorage with 110. Chugiak, Eagle River, Palmer, Grace Christian, Cordova, Bartlett, Houston, Su Valley, Delta, Holy Rosary, Anchorage Christian, Galena and Valdez all competed.

Kodiak High didn’t score any overall victories at The Altercation, but did rein in a couple runners-up in the crowded field. Bryan Gonzalez was second at 113 pounds; Scott Larionoff was third, and Josh Nummer fourth, at 145; Gabe Nummer was second at 152, while Yasuhiro Yamashita and Truxton Troxell were 5th and 6th in the 220-pound class.

In the pool, the Kodiak boys remain unstoppable, and the Kodiak girls nearly so, as they go one-two at the Valley Invite in Palmer.

Led by junior phenom Talon Lindquist, the Kodiak boys racked up 108 points, to Soldotna’s 60, Hutchison’s 46, Colony’s 27 and Kenai’s 18.

Lindquist had individual wins in the 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke, and relay wins with teammates in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle races.

The Kodiak girls were led by junior star Marina Cummiskey, who won both the 100 and 200 freestyle, and was the anchor on the winning 200 freestyle relay.

Overall, the Kodiak girls scored 63 points to place second to Colony’s 70. Soldotna, Palmer, and North Pole round out the top five.
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Valley Invitational
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
at Palmer High School
GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Colony, 70; 2. Kodiak, 63; 3. Soldotna, 52; 4. Palmer, 36; 5. North Pole, 27; 6. Monroe, 21; 7. Hutchison, 18; 8. Homer, 16; 9.
Lathrop, 12; 10. Kenai, 8; 11. Valdez, 3.
200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Davidson, Creglow, Padilla, Juliussen, S), 1:57.92; 2. Colony, 1:58.63; 3. Palmer, 2:00.16; 4. North Pole,
2:02.92; 5. Hutchison, 2:03.69.
200 freestyle — 1. Marina Cummiskey, Kod, 1:57.78; 2. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 2:04.11; 3. Hannah Boatman, NP, 2:05.99; 4. Molly Blackmon, Kod,
2:09.62; 5. Maddie Hrinko, Mon, 2:09.90; 6. Jordyn Sager, Mon, 2:13.10.
200 IM — 1. Jessica Williamson, NP, 2:17.81; 2. Camille Dayton, Col, 2:18.99; 3. Portia Padilla, Sol, 2:26.36; 4. Raven Drake, Hut, 2:29.58; 5.
Grace Martin, Lat, 2:31.66; 6. Madeline Vig, Col, 2:33.63.
50 freestyle — 1. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 25.27; 2. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 25.86; 3. Hannah Glover, Kod, 26.75; 4. Rylee Norris, Val, 27.73; 5.
Kathryn Day, Lat, 27.76; 6. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 28.09.
Diving — 1. Mikaela Pitsch, Ken, 326.35; 2. Eileen Cyr, Col, 321.86; 3. Rhythm Becket-Cook, Hom, 280.95; 4. Lydia Stanford, Kod, 280.20; 5.
Annalyn Brown, Hom, 267.85; 6. Zarah Helms-Leslie, Lat, 249.15.
100 butterfly — 1. Camille Dayton, Col, 1:02.66; 2. Portia Padilla, Sol, 1:06.06; 3. Erika Farring, Col, 1:06.12; 4. Kameela Fletcher, Pal, 1:07.49; 5.
Samantha Belliston, Col, 1:08.28; 6. Grace Martin, Lat, 1:11.29.
100 freestyle — 1. Marina Cummiskey, Kod, 54.82; 2. Hannah Glover, Kod, 58.97; 3. Molly Blackmon, Kod, 59.21; 4. Jordyn Sager, Mon, 59.74; 5.
Rachel Davidson, Sol, 1:00.24; 6. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 1:02.25.
500 freestyle — 1. Victoria Schachle, Mon, 5:31.77; 2. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 5:33.13; 3. Hannah Boatman, NP, 5:33.26; 4. Alexis Mattson, Col,
5:47.58; 5. Shelby Berrie, Hut, 5:50.47; 6. Maddie Hrinko, Mon, 5:54.22.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Glover, Blackmon, Apitz, Cummiskey), 1:46.96; 2. Palmer, 1:48.26; 3. Colony, 1:50.38; 4. Soldotna, 1:50.70; 5.
Hutchison, 1:51.23; 6. North Pole, 1:51.31.
100 backstroke — 1. Victoria Schachle, Mon, 1:04.56; 2. Raven Drake, Hut, 1:05.36; 3. Rachel Davidson, Sol, 1:07.26; 4. Ashtyn Peterson, Pal,
1:07.68; 5. Oliva Apitz, Kod, 1:07.96; 6. Mikaela Pitsch, Ken, 1:11.53.
100 breaststroke — 1. Madeline Vig, Col, 1:11.09; 2. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 1:11.28; 3. Jessica Williamson, NP, 1:12.60; 4. Alexis Mattson, Col,
1:13.61; 5. Katie Creglow, Sol, 1:14.99; 6. Katie Laasch-Gray, Col, 1:16.25.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak, 3:54.96; 2. Colony, 3:58.44; 3. Soldotna, 4:11.84; 4. Lathrop, 4:17.50; 5. Colony, 4:21.84.
BOYS
Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 108; 2. Soldotna, 60; 3. Hutchison, 46; 4. Colony, 27; 5. Kenai, 18; 6. Palmer, 17; 7. North Pole, 16; 7. Wasilla, 16; 9.
Lathrop, 12; 10. Unalaska, 6; 11. Seward, 2.
200 medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Hall, Creglow, Watkins, Welch), 1:44.54; 2. Kodiak, 1:45.54; 3. Kenai, 1:47.53; 4. North Pole, 1:51.53; 5. Kodiak,
1:54.22.
200 freestyle — 1. Talon Lindquist, Kod, 1:42.62; 2. Alex Suleimani, Lat, 1:44.36; 3. Jacob Hall, Sol, 1:51.04; 4. Dan Lambert, Kod, 1:51.49; 5.
Noah Palmer, Hu, 1:53.20; 6. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 1:53.39.
200 IM — 1. Jake Simmons, Col, 2:01.94; 2. Luke James, Kod, 2:06.85; 3. Baxter Anderson, Kod, 2:08.55; 4. Nevin Lee, Kod, 2:13.73; 5. Sam
Pope, Hut, 2:18.42; 6. Caleb Frederickson, Sol, 2:21.62.
50 freestyle — 1. Cody Watkins, Sol, 22.25; 2. Max Snelders, Pal, 22.39; 3. Nathan Schauff, Kod, 22.62; 4. Adam Nguyen, Un, 23.56; 5. Hunter
Reese, Ken, 23.82; 6. Graham Burnside, Kod, 24.12.
Diving — 1. Brayden Schachle, Was, 545.40; 2. Kylin Welch, Sol, 432.40; 3. Tanner Belliston, Col, 417.00; 4. Elijah Chan, Was, 400.60; 5. Ruben
Ulatan, Kod, 393.35; 6. Cole Johnson, Pal, 339.80.
100 butterfly — 1. Noah Palmer, Hut, 56.06; 2. Noah Kegley, Hut, 56.62; 3. Jacob Creglow, Sol, 57.05; 4. Ryan Chastain, Col, 59.08; 5. Connon
Spanos, Sew, 1:00.56; 6. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:02.45.
100 freestyle — 1. Cody Watkins, Sol, 48.01; 2. Nathan Schauff, Kod, 50.14; 3. Charlie Gregor, Hut, 51.29; 4. Luke James, Kod, 51.65; 5. Graham
Burnside, Kod, 52.05; 6. Canon Cogan, Hut, 53.22.
500 freestyle — 1. Alex Suleimani, Lat, 4:49.23; 2. Jake Simmons, Col, 4:55.39; 3. Baxter Anderson, Kod, 5:02.40; 4. Jacob Hall, Sol, 5:03.70; 5.
Dan Lambert, Kod, 5:06.20; 6. Hunter Reese, Ken, 5:13.26.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Lindquist, James, Lambert, Schauff), 1:30.51; 2. Hutchison, 1:34.63; 3. Colony, 1:36.34; 4. Wasilla, 1:37.40; 5.
Palmer, 1:38.34; 6. North Pole, 1:41.05.
100 backstroke — 1. Talon Lindquist, Kod, 52.34; 2. Max Snelders, Pal, 55.15; 3. Gus Hanson, Kod, 57.19; 4. Adam Nguyen, Un, 58.17; 5. Savaii
Heaven, Ken, 59.11; 6. Cameron Conley, NP, 1:01.26.
100 breaststroke — 1. Evan Smith, NP, 1:04.25; 2. Jacob Creglow, Sol, 1:04.36; 3. Charlie Gregor, Hut, 1:04.38; 4. Noah Kegley, Hut, 1:04.49; 5.
Nevin Lee, Kod, 1:07.21; 6. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:08.03.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (James, Lambert, Schauff, Lindquist), 3:16.81; 2. Soldotna, 3:27.78; 3. Hutchison, 3:32.42; 4. Kodiak, 3:32.46; 5.
Kenai, 3:36.02; 6. Palmer, 3:37.00