Zane Coughran and Dane Ames wrestled their way to medals on December 13 and helped carry the Skagway Panthers to a 15th-place finish at the Southeast Conference Wrestling Championships in Sitka. As a team, the nine SHS wrestlers rolled up 58 points in the meet.
More importantly, the Panthers secured two berths in the state meet.
Coughran punched his way to state with a second-place finish in the 135-pound weight class. He went 1-1 overall.
After drawing a bye in the first round, Coughran picked up a technical fall 17-2 win over Wrangell’s Jacoby Hunt in the semifinals.
He suffered his only loss in the finals, falling to Mount Edgecumbe’s Elden Andrew.
Ames worked his way through the 140-pound consolation bracket to punch his ticket to state. He defeated Mt. Edgecumbe’s Aidan Andrew by a 9-2 margin in the third-place match on Saturday.
Ames, who had defeated Andrew in the first round, fell into the consolation bracket with a 14-7 loss to Sitka’s Killan Hammock in the semifinals.
The loss to Hammock dropped him into a consolation rematch with Andrew.
Seth Tronrud and Logan Ward narrowly missed berths to state. Tronrud finished fourth in the 119-pound standings following a loss to Sitka’s Chance Davis in the third-place match.
Ward wrestled his way to a 3-2 record, advancing to the 160-pound division’s third-place match before coming up short against Wrangell’s Everett Meissner.
Ward finished the season with a 17-14 record.
Malcolm Lawson also collected a win for the Panthers. After dropping his first-round bout to Mt. Edgecumbe’s Kolby Clark-Pruitt, he netted a forfeit win over Jorge Sandoval of Mt. Edgecumbe. The win moved him into the consolation quarterfinals.
Brenden Moncibaiz and Maddox Tracy also competed in the tournament,. Moncibaiz went 0-2 in the 125-pound ranks, while Tracy was 0-2 in the 145-pound division.
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