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The Juneau Youth Wrestling Club took 61 elementary through high school wrestlers to the Alaska USA Wrestling 2025 Folkstyle, Greco-Roman & Freestyle State Championships on May 1-3 at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla against 37 grappling clubs.

Wrestlers competed in Folkstyle (FK) on the opening day of the tournament, Greco-Roman (GR) on day two and finished with Freestyle (FS).

“Each of our wrestlers has a wrestling style that best suits their own personal tendencies and wrestling techniques, but all three styles build upon each other, and teach our wrestlers how to learn and adapt to all situations,” JYWC president Jason Hass said. “For instance, Alex-Marx Beierly is very upper body dominant and thus excels at greco. Daren Foster has developed a ‘great granby roll escape’ off bottom and this is rewarded in folkstyle. Likewise Liam Hulson has a never-ending gas tank which country wise email marketing list helps his folkstyle wrestling. Maddox Scott’s gut wrench makes him a beast in freestyle and Hugo Rank has a fantastic snap-down attack that translates perfectly into all three styles…each of the three styles of wrestling help you grow and gain confidence in yourself, and your ability to grow and adapt as a wrestler and a person.”

The Juneau Youth Wrestling Club pose at the Alaska USA Wrestling 2025 Folkstyle, Greco-Roman & Freestyle State Championships on May 1-3 at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla. (Photo courtesy JYWC)
The Juneau Youth Wrestling Club pose at the Alaska USA Wrestling 2025 Folkstyle, Greco-Roman & Freestyle State Championships on May 1-3 at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla. (Photo courtesy JYWC)

JYWC placed ninth in Folkstyle with 166 team points (1st Interior Grappling Academy 230); fifth in Greco-Roman with 180 team points (first IGA 226); and ninth in Freestyle with 172 points (first Soldotna Whalers Wrestling Club 228).