Jacob Strausbaugh and Elijah Larsen share our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after the Alaska wrestlers each won national collegiate championships. Strausbaugh of Soldotna won the NCAA Division II title at 133. Larsen, a Colony High graduate from Wasilla, won a...
When it comes to Alaska wrestlers Elijah Larsen and Jacob Strausbaugh, all these guys do is win national championships in college. Larsen, of Wasilla, bagged his second title as a sophomore for Grand View University over the weekend, while Strausbaugh, of Soldotna,...
Soldotna High wrestler Michael Dickinson was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the state championship at 152 pounds with a 13-5 major decision. The senior standout steamrolled through his competition at State, earning bonus points in for all four...
From devastation to domination, high school wrestlers Michael Dickinson, Jacob Morris and Zane Gerlach have experienced it all at the ASAA Division I state championships. All three standouts suffered heartbreaking defeats in the 2023 finals only to go undefeated...
The South wrestling team on Saturday night strengthened its stranglehold on the Cook Inlet Conference after sweeping the boys and girls tournament titles for the third year in a row. The Wolverines took care of business at South Anchorage High School in convincing...
The annual Lancer Smith Memorial wrestling tournament in Wasilla ran the gamut from A to W. From Aniak to Wrangell, more than 1,000 wrestlers from nearly 100 high school teams from across the state poured into the Valley for two days of mat madness earlier this month...
Bloody and battered, Campbell University wrestler Levi Hopkins of Palmer left the NCAA Championships earlier than he wanted after losing in the second round of the consolation bracket at 197 pounds on Friday. But he did pick up his second career tournament victory to...
Wasilla's Elijah Larsen goes by 'Alaska' with his Grand View University wrestling teammates, but you can call him national champion. The 149-pound freshman out of Colony High won his weight class at the NAIA Championships as an eighth seed after his 12-0 major...
Despite climbing to sixth place on Alaska's all-time wins list among Division I wrestlers and winning 71% of his 118 career matches, Levi Hopkins of Palmer doesn't consider himself to be an all-timer. To achieve that status, he said, means he'll have to become an...
From ring worm to ringleader, South Wolverines' wrestler Hayden Martin's journey to Saturday's state final was exactly that, a journey. He was unable to finish his freshman season because of ring worm. A hip injury wiped away his sophomore season and limited his...
Six girls capped unbeaten seasons and the Soldotna Stars took top team honors at the ASAA state wrestling tournament Saturday night at the Alaska Airlines Center. Soldotna's Mia Hannevold walked away with two state titles - one with her team and another as the winner...