A few squads warmed up for a big weekend of wrestling on the Kenai Peninsula with dual meets Thursday.
Nikiski will host the Peninsula Duals, which will include about 15 teams, today and Saturday. This also marks the first time the small schools will wrestle with the big schools this season.
The tourney starts with matchup duals today. Those duals start at 2:30 p.m., with the last duals going off at 7 p.m.
Saturday, the duals tournament starts at 8 a.m. and the final dual will be at 5:30 p.m.
Dillingham took a 27-15 dual victory Thursday over Nikiski in a dual between the two schools.
Dillingham took five match wins while Nikiski took four, but the Wolverines had four pins, while the Bulldogs had none.
Match wins for Dillingham went to Tanner Savo (106 pounds), Triston Chaney (113), Ben Dunaway (145), Darren Napoli (160) and Braden Timurphy (182). Nikiski got wins from TJ Cox (120 pounds), Nathan Carstens (160), Tylor Handley (160) and Tyler Litke (220).
In Homer, the reigning state champions Bethel Warriors claimed a 46-36 dual victory on the strength of five pins over Homer on Thursday.
Thomas Dyment (98 pounds), Mathew Hunter (106), Tristen Evan (113), Gage Hoffman (120), Brandon Evans (126), Aaron Olsen (132), Sven Williams (145) and Kane Gillilan (220).
The Mariners got wins from Timmy Woo (138 pounds), Tristan Cook (152) and Matthew Pollack (195).
Dillingham 27, Nikiski 15
unknown — Napoli, Dil, p. Pennison, Nik, 4:48; 106 — Savo, Dil, p. Medetov, Nik, 3:49; 113 — Chaney, Dil, dec. Smith, Nik, 4-2; 120 — Cox, Nik, tec. Hansen, Dil, 17-2 4:08; 145 — Dunaway, Dil, p. Castro, Nik, 4:00; 160 — Carstens, Nik, dec. Schlagel, Dil, 3-1; 160 — Handley, Nik, md. Napoli, Dil, 15-1; 182 — Timurphy, Dil, p. Hupp, Nik, 1:53; 220 — Litke, Nik, dec. Smeaton, Dil, 9-6.
Bethel 46, Homer 36
98 — Dyment, Bet, p. Moseley, Hom, :31; 106 — Hunter, Bet, p. Blaine, Hom, 2:37; 113 — Evan, Bet, p. Martin, Hom, 1:24; 120 — Hoffman, Bet, dec. Brant, Hom, 5-3; 126 — Evans, Bet, p. Cavasos, Hom, 1:47; 132 — Olsen, Bet, dec. Rios, Hom, 3-2; 138 — Woo, Hom, p. Greenwood, Bet, 3:09; 145 — Williams, Bet, md. Richburg, Hom, 15-4; 152 — Cook, Hom, p. Larson, Bet, 5:51; 160 — King, Hom, for; 170 — Wells, Hom, for; 182 — Francisco, Bet, for; 195 — Pollack, Hom, p. Pekar, Bet, 1:00; 220 — Gillilan, Bet, p. Rios, Hom, 3:50; 285 — Brock, Hom, for.
Exhibition matches
Homer vs. Voznesenka
138 — Johnson, Hom, md. Sanarov, Voz, 12-3; 145 — Kalugin, Voz, tec. Cudaback, Hom, 29-11 2:00; 152 — King, Hom, p. Anufriev, Voz, 1:08; 170 — Wells, Hom, p. Basargin, Voz, :31.
