The Popeye Wrestling Club traveled to Nikiski last weekend to compete in the Nikiski Wrestling Club Freestyle Tournament. Homer’s wrestlers took fourth place as a team and also had four individual first place finishes. Saoirse Cook (35-38 pounds), Teddy Croft (100-109 pounds), Jaime Rios (105-111pounds) and Mark McGregor (156-171 pounds) dominated their opponents as the only Popeye grapplers to go undefeated.
Pre-Bantam-35-38
Saoirse Cook’s place is 1st.
Match #1 Saoirse Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Miriam Ambrose (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) Fall 4-5,0:22
Match #2 Saoirse Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Killian Hume (Mid-Valley Wolves Wrestling) Fall 0:24
Match #3 Saoirse Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Kaiden Parrish (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,0:44
Pre-Bantam-35-38
Parker Overson’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Kaiden Parrish (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Parker Overson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:46
Match #2 Killian Hume (Mid-Valley Wolves Wrestling) over Parker Overson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:45
Pre-Bantam-44-46
Carter Woodhead’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Ali Shack (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over Carter Woodhead (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 4-1,4-3
Match #2 Carter Woodhead (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Michael Dickinson (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) Fall 6-8,4-4,1:06
Match #3 Carter Woodhead (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Ayden Williams (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Fall 0:37
Match #4 Carter Woodhead (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Oliver Parrish (Nikiski Wrestling Club) TF 7-0,6-0
Pre-Bantam-47-50
Gabriel Bradshaw’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Chase Johnson (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Gabriel Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 7-0,8-0
Match #2 Gabriel Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Macalen Marion (Nikiski Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #3 Brody Silva (Mid-Valley Wolves Wrestling) over Gabriel Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:07
Bantam-49-52
Malachi Raymond’s place is 3rd.
Match #1 Logan McAlpin (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over Malachi Raymond (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,0:34
Match #2 Malachi Raymond (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Caleb Litke (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Dec 6-2,7-4
Match #3 Malachi Raymond (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Elijah Corbett (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) TF 8-6,9-2
Match #5 Aven Unterberger (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) over Malachi Raymond (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:30
Bantam-52-54
Samson Isaac’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Eric Campbell (North Star Wrestling Club) over Samson Isaac (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 7-0,0:49
Match #2 Connor Murphy (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) over Samson Isaac (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:04
Bantam-63-63
William Bradshaw’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Hunter Richardson (North Star Wrestling Club) over William Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:05
Match #2 R Strawderman (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over William Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:13
Intermediate-56-60
Dillon Welty’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Carter Silva (Mid-Valley Wolves Wrestling) over Dillon Welty (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:44
Match #2 Lincoln Saito (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) over Dillon Welty (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 8-0,0:47
Intermediate-63-65
Tyson Overson’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Tyler Orito (Mid–Valley Wolves Wrestling) over Tyson Overson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 7-1,0:40
Match #2 Mikal Nelson (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Tyson Overson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:10
Intermediate-65-68
Aiden Gaedecke’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Aiden Gaedecke (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Floyd Aparezuk (Chugach Eagles Wrestling Club) Fall 9-7,0:28
Match #3 Dwyght Mullins (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Aiden Gaedecke (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:48
Match #4 Tanner Thornhill (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) over Aiden Gaedecke (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 7-1,7-0
Intermediate-67-71
Dakota Moonin’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Issaac Kaufman (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Dakota Moonin (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Dustin Ates (Mid-Valley Wolves Wrestling) over Dakota Moonin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 7-0,0:42
Intermediate-70-76
Nestor Kalugin’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Jakob Brown (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Nestor Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 3-1,1:03
Match #2 Nathan Mitchell (Lions Den Wrestling Club) over Nestor Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club)
Dec 1-1,2-2,1-1
Intermediate-91-100
Cayleb Diaz’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Cayleb Diaz (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Kekoa Albino (Marathon Wrestling Club) FF
Match #2 Donald Moody (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Cayleb Diaz (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #3 Quinn McFarlin (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Cayleb Diaz (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:47
Intermediate-102-109
Angus Isaac’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Bryan King (Lions Den Wrestling Club) over Angus Isaac (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:42
Match #2 Ryan Randall (Lions Den Wrestling Club) over Angus Isaac (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:50
Novice-61-66
Mischelle Wells’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Noah Litke (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Mischelle Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Nathan Vogus (Chugach Eagles Wrestling Club) over Mischelle Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:15
Novice-65-71
Joshua Bradshaw’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Austin Edwards (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) over Joshua Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 7-11,7-0,0:52
Match #2 Tristian Merchant (Lions Den Wrestling Club) over Joshua Bradshaw (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Novice-71-77
Gage Cotton’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Devin Carr (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Gage Cotton (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,1:34
Match #2 Gage Cotton (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Haysen Madrid (Lions Den Wrestling Club) Dec 0-4,2-0,5-1
Match #3 Stevie Chopeck (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Gage Cotton (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:05
Novice-76-80
Ian Stovall’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Travis Howell (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Ian Stovall (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:21
Match #3 Elijah Wackler (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) over Ian Stovall (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,0:28
Novice-80-83
Mina Cavasos’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Koleman McCaughey (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Mina Cavasos (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:32
Match #2 Mina Cavasos (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Mason Schwecke (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) Fall 0:51
Match #3 Zachary Burnett (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Mina Cavasos (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,0:21
Novice-82-84
Austin Shafford’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Austin Shafford (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Wyatt Nelson (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) Fall 1:12
Match #2 Jacob D`Agostino (Arctic Warriors Wrestling Club) over Austin Shafford (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:51
Match #3 Austin Shafford (Popeye Wrestling Club) over August Jewell (Cordova Pounders Wrestling Club) Fall 1:06
Match #4 Austin Shafford (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Mason Payne (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Fall 1:01
Novice.-85-87
Allison Wells’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Allison Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Michael Mysing (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Fall 7-0,1:14
Match #2 Joshua Elvsaas (Arctic Warriors Wrestling Club) over Allison Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:51
Match #3 Moises Cruz (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Allison Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 1-0,4-2
Novice.-93-99
McKenzie Cook’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Levi Farris (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over McKenzie Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 3-1,6-0
Match #2 Brandon DeYarmon (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over McKenzie Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 3-1,7-0
Novice.-97-102
Isaiah Bales’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Eric Christy (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) over Isaiah Bales (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 7-0,1:08
Match #2 Alex Hernandez (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Isaiah Bales (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,0:16
Novice.-105-109
Josiah Raymond’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Benjamin Faulkner (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Josiah Raymond (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:35
Match #2 Jeremy Devries (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over Josiah Raymond (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:41
Novice.-105-109
Anthony Kalugin’s place is 3rd.
Match #1 Anthony Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Enrique Rodriguez (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) Fall 1:01
Match #2 Anthony Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) over James Lamont (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) Fall 1:59
Match #3 Jeremy Devries (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over Anthony Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 5-0,1:43
Match #4 Benjamin Faulkner (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Anthony Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:43
Novice.-110-115
Kaitlin Rios’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Ryan Beach (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Kaitlin Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:44
Match #2 Dylan Parker (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Kaitlin Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:49
Novice.-110-115
Hunter Harrington’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Hunter Harrington (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Ryan Murphy Jr (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) Fall 0:36
Match #2 Hunter Harrington (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Brennan Werner (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) Dec 5-4,1-4,5-0
Match #4 Hunter Harrington (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Dylan Parker (Kodiak Wrestling Club) Dec 2-0,4-3
Match #5 Ryan Beach (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Hunter Harrington (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:59
Schoolboy/girl-84-92
Martin Welty’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Martin Welty (Popeye Wrestling Club) received a bye.
Match #2 Tyler Olsen (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Martin Welty (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 6-2,0:58
Match #3 Chris Tanner (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) over Martin Welty (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:12
Schoolboy/girl-84-92
Luciano Fasulo’s place is 3rd.
Match #1 Gunner Karsten (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Luciano Fasulo (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:34
Match #2 Luciano Fasulo (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Gideon Hutchison (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) Fall 0:45
Match #4 Luciano Fasulo (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Tyler Olsen (Nikiski Wrestling Club) TF 7-1,7-1
Match #5 Chris Tanner (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) over Luciano Fasulo (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 7-1,0-6,9-3
Schoolboy/girl-100-109
Teddy Croft’s place is 1st.
Match #1 Teddy Croft (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Seth Burnett (Kodiak Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,1:26
Match #2 Teddy Croft (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Collin Lamont (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,1:28
Match #3 Teddy Croft (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Benjamin Briney (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) Fall 0:54
Match #4 Teddy Croft (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Jayden Reynolds (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) Dec 5-0,7-0
Schoolboy/girl-105-111
Jamie Rios’s place is 1st.
Match #1 Jamie Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Ivan Hernandez (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,1:01
Match #2 Jamie Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Maricel Mangrobang (Kodiak Wrestling Club) Fall 7-0,0:18
Match #3 Jamie Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Ashton Sardakowski (Chugach Eagles Wrestling Club) Fall 1:02
Match #4 Jamie Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Shaun Walton (Kodiak Wrestling Club) Fall 1:27
Match #5 Jamie Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Ashton Sardakowski (Chugach Eagles Wrestling Club) Fall 1:02
Schoolboy/girl-116-122
Tyler Johnson’s place is 3rd.
Match #1 Tyler Johnson (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Chase Belson (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,10-3
Match #2 Michael Lucas (Independent) over Tyler Johnson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:40
Match #3 Tyler Johnson (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Kyle Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 5-1,6-0
Match #5 Daltin Johnson (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) over Tyler Johnson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:45
Schoolboy/girl-116-122
Kyle Wells’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Daltin Johnson (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) over Kyle Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #2 Kyle Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Skyler Checketts (Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #3 Tyler Johnson (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Kyle Wells (Popeye Wrestling Club) TF 5-1,6-0
Schoolboy/girl-120-126
Tristen Cook’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Tristen Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Caden Vaught (Marathon Wrestling Club) TF 7-0,6-0
Match #2 Tristen Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Alex Binder (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) Fall 1:19
Match #3 Tristen Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Jarod Ross (Kodiak Wrestling Club) Fall 0:30
Match #4 Alexander Spangler (Arctic Warriors Wrestling Club) over Tristen Cook (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 5-2,7-5
Schoolboy/girl-154-158
Brendon Fenex’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Brendon Fenex (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Keith Rice (Kenai Kavemen Wrestling Club) Fall 0:12
Match #2 Austin Farris (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over Brendon Fenex (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:39
Match #3 Brendon Fenex (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Tyler Litke (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Fall 6-0,1:03
Schoolboy/girl-154-158 – Chase Jackson’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Austin Farris (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over Chase Jackson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:11
Match #2 Tyler Litke (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Chase Jackson (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:35
Cadet-101-111
Jared Brant’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Gregory Shack (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over Jared Brant (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 4-0,5-0
Match #2 Jared Brant (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Natalia Chavez (Kenai Kavemen Wrestling Club) Fall 1:38
Match #3 Jared Brant (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Quest Lema (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,7-0
Cadet-101-111
Jadzia Martin’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Jadzia Martin (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Evan Enyart (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) Dec 4-4,5-4
Match #2 Quest Lema (Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club) over Jadzia Martin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 4-6,1:39
Match #3 Gregory Shack (Alaska Avalanche Wrestling Club) over Jadzia Martin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:52
Cadet-110-119
Diana Gaedecke’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Terry Jackson (Tri-Valley Wrestling Club) over Diana Gaedecke (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:38
Match #2 Diana Gaedecke (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Krystal Fabricante (Kodiak Wrestling Club) Dec 0-4,1-1,4-1
Match #3 Noah Smith (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over Diana Gaedecke (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:28
Cadet-115-122
Ravi Cavasos’s place is unknown.
Match #1 Scott Larionoff (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Ravi Cavasos (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 1-5,5-3,4-3
Match #2 Brock Werder (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over Ravi Cavasos (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 3-3,1:15
Cadet-125-135
Gavril Kalugin’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Gavril Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Jesse Sanders (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) Dec 3-0,2-1
Match #2 Gavril Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Kyle Madrid (Lions Den Wrestling Club) Dec 1-0,1-1
Match #3 Gavril Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Jonathan Todd (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) Fall 7-0,1:21
Match #5 Nathan Carstens (Nikiski Wrestling Club) over Gavril Kalugin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 2-1,4-1
Cadet-137-144
Austin McGregor’s place is 3rd.
Match #1 Austin McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Brian Morris (Marathon Wrestling Club) Fall 0:49
Match #2 Austin McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Calan Putman (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) Dec 4-3,5-4
Match #3 Wyatt McGann (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over Austin McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 8-0,5-1
Match #4 Austin McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) received a bye.
Match #5 Wyatt McGann (Matsu Matmen Wrestling Club) over Austin McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 0-8,1-5
Match #6 Joseph McFarlin (Kodiak Wrestling Club) over Austin McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 0:54
Cadet-155-169
Samuel Mireles’s place is 3rd.
Match #1 Mario Herrera (Alaska Battle Cats Wrestling Club) over Samuel Mireles (Popeye Wrestling Club) Dec 9-8,6-5
Match #2 Samuel Mireles (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Savanna Ginochio (Mid-Valley Wolves Wrestling) Fall 6-0,0:19
Match #3 Dylan Carter (Kenai Kavemen Wrestling Club) over Samuel Mireles (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 8-0,1:47
Cadet-173-187
Daniel Rios’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Kyle Hunter (Kenai Kavemen Wrestling Club) over Daniel Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:00
Match #2 Daniel Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Jesse Cantrell-Larson (Marathon Wrestling Club) Fall 0:37
Match #3 Kyle Hunter (Kenai Kavemen Wrestling Club) over Daniel Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:00
Match #4 Daniel Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Jesse Cantrell-Larson (Marathon Wrestling Club) Fall 0:37
Match #5 Daniel Rios (Popeye Wrestling Club) received a bye.
Cadet-198-213
Heather Harrington’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Toren Cheely (Chugach Eagles Wrestling Club) over Heather Harrington (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 1:01
Junior-156-171
Mark McGregor’s place is 1st.
Match #1 Mark McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Floyd Armstrong (Nikiski Wrestling Club) Dec 6-0,4-2
Match #2 Mark McGregor (Popeye Wrestling Club) over Dakota Benton (Kodiak Wrestling Club) TF 6-0,6-0
Open-178-183
Brent Guarin’s place is 2nd.
Match #1 Michael Knutson (Arctic Warriors Wrestling Club) over Brent Guarin (Popeye Wrestling Club) Fall 5-1,1:26
