Swimming
2022 Region Swim Meet Weekend Results
This Championship Meet was open to all swimmers and divers from schools in the Region VI area which includes; Bethel, Ben Eielson, Galena, Hutchison, Lathrop, Monroe Catholic, Nome, North Pole, Valdez and West Valley. The Valdez Buccaneers took 7 swimmers to Fairbanks for the 2-day event.
Here are the highlights:
● All 7 swimmers made Finals.
● Fisher Mishmash broke the school record for his 100 Free with a time of 50.00.
He also broke the 50 free school record for the 4th time in his high school career with a 22.09.
● Our girls relay team (Sophia Hodgkins SR, Ginger Keller SR, Rhain Osburn JR, and Kinsey Mishmash SO) took Silver for 200 Free Relay. They were on track to earn a 2nd silver medal in the 200 Medley Relay but were disqualified (DQ’d) for an early start.
● Freshmen swimmers, Joshua Sims and Gray Odencrans finished strong with Personal Best times in their freestyle events.
● Kinsey Mishmash secured a Bronze medal for her 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:13:59, and brother, Fisher, pocketed a Silver in his 50 Free (22.09) and Bronze for the 100 Free (50.00). Both of Fisher’s times were new VHS high school records!
● Heading to State this week (November 4-5 in Anchorage at the Bartlett Pool) will be Kinsey for her 100 Breaststroke, and Fisher for his 50 and 100 Freestyle.
● Overall, Valdez Girls took 3rd place; Boys came in at 6th.
Varsity Volleyball
Volleyball Photos Courtesy of Joe Prax
Valdez Varsity Vs. Galena
Over Halloween weekend, the volleyball team hosted the Galena Hawks for their final regular season matches and Senior Recognition. We celebrated the successful volleyball careers of Peyton Wade, Masen Holmes, Lily Brown, and Olivia Selanoff before Friday night’s match. These girls have committed so much time to this team and are a key part to the team’s positive attitude and success this season. The team played great Friday, winning the match quickly 3-0. All the girls got to see the floor and each had a few great plays throughout the match.
Saturday continued in the same fashion with the team playing great all the way around, beating Galena 3-0. A number of girls have been working hard this season to develop jump serves. They were able to try them out in game and gave the team quite a few aces. We finished the regular season seeded 1st in the Aurora Conference with a match record of 10-0. The girls accomplished one of their goals to go undefeated in sets during conference play this year with a record of 30-0.
Next weekend the team travels to Fairbanks to play in our Regional Tournament at Hutchison High School. Valdez is ranked 1st and will be playing our first match at 2pm against the 4th or 5th seed.
Senior Night was Friday. Peyton Wade, Masen Holmes, Lily Brown and Olivia Selanoff are seniors on the lady Bucs volleyball team.
Friday’s Match Scores
25-4
25-6
25-7
Saturday’s Match Scores
25-4
25-10
25-3
JV Volleyball
Glennallen vs. Bucs JV
Oct 29, 2022
This past weekend we held our last home games of the 2022 Volleyball season and celebrated our seniors in the last home game of their high school career!
The Junior Varsity Bucs played against the Glennallen Panthers this past weekend. Our Bucs JV came out strong on both Friday and Saturday against Glennallen. In the lineup for this weekend we had Sydney Cronk and Holly Carter playing as outside hitters and both front and back row. Mariah Dunning played as our middle hitter and also helped out as a server. Hana Meyer came in to play as a defensive specialist back row for Dunning. Savannah Barton also played both front and back row. Maddy Sauls played in the front row as both a middle and right side hitter and a server. Jazlyn Galletin played as our libero and defensive specialist. Finally, Marcedes Taylor served the team as our setter.
The Lady Bucs JV played with passing control and were working hard to set up attacks against the Panthers. On both Friday and Saturday Holly Carter and Sydney Cronk put up an aggressive offense as outside hitters, each making attacks in the double-digits each match. Marcedes Taylor continues to be a serving powerhouse for the Bucs, putting up 22 serves against the Panthers on Friday night. Maddy Sauls also stepped up as a tough server on
Friday with 15 serves. I am very proud of all the growth these athletes have accomplished during this season.
Great job, ladies!
Wrestling
This past weekend the Buccaneer wrestling team was back in action at the Dustin Baxter Memorial Wrestling tournament hosted by West Valley. Leading the way for the Bucs were sophomores Carlie Vanbuskirk (2nd 138G), Rylen Case (3rd 103), Jarrett Gage (3rd 125),
Dalen Beck (2nd 152). Next week the Bucs will dual Palmer High School Thursday evening at PHS, then Friday and Saturday we will compete at the annual ACS invitational. Go Bucs!
See below for all results.
Girls Gold 138G
Carlie VanBuskirk’s place is 2nd and has scored 4.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Carlie VanBuskirk (Valdez High School) won by fall over Rebecca
Schmidt (Delta) (Fall 0:50) - Round 3 – Aileen Lester (Newhalen) won by fall over Carlie VanBuskirk (Valdez
High School) (Fall 2:50)
Boys Gold 103
Rylen Case’s place is 3rd and has scored 9.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Paxton Lawhorne (Delta) won by fall over Rylen Case (Valdez High
School) (Fall 5:33) - Round 2 – Rylen Case (Valdez High School) won by fall over Trevor Rodriguez
(Eielson High School) (Fall 0:36) - Round 3 – Brody Bingaman (North Pole Patriots ) won by fall over Rylen Case
(Valdez High School) (Fall 2:32)
Boys Gold 119
Weston Clupper’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Weston Clupper (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- Quarterfinal – Frank Rodriguez (Student Wrestling Development Program) won
by fall over Weston Clupper (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:50) - Cons. Round 2 – Weston Clupper (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 – Brandon Day (Thunder Mountain) won by fall over Weston
Clupper (Valdez High School) (Fall 0:36)
Boys Gold 125
Jarrett Gage’s place is 3rd and has scored 11.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Keanu Loucks (Lathrop Wrestling) won by fall over Jarrett Gage
(Valdez High School) (Fall 1:15) - Cons. Round 1 – Jarrett Gage (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Semi – Jarrett Gage (Valdez High School) won by decision over Devon
Barnes (Eielson High School) (Dec 11-7) - 3rd Place Match – Jarrett Gage (Valdez High School) won by decision over
Keanu Loucks (Lathrop Wrestling) (Dec 7-6) - 2nd Place Match – Kyler Matteson (Eielson High School) won by fall over Jarrett
Gage (Valdez High School) (Fall 0:21)
Boys Gold 135
Landon Metzger’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Landon Metzger (Valdez High School) won by fall over Hunter
Burmeister (Nenana High School) (Fall 1:48) - Quarterfinal – Zadock Hawkins (West Valley Wolfpack) won by fall over Landon
Metzger (Valdez High School) (Fall 3:51) - Cons. Round 2 – Wesley Niegel (Student Wrestling Development Program) won
by fall over Landon Metzger (Valdez High School) (Fall 2:20)
Boys Gold 140
Eli Critchlow’s place is unknown and has scored 7.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Eli Critchlow (Valdez High School) won by fall over Wyatt
Long (Nenana High School) (Fall 2:23) - Quarterfinal – Jayden Styer (Student Wrestling Development Program) won by
fall over Eli Critchlow (Valdez High School) (Fall 0:51) - Cons. Round 2 – Eli Critchlow (Valdez High School) won by fall over William
Douglas (Delta) (Fall 0:47) - Cons. Round 3 – Gavin Kohler (North Pole Patriots ) won by fall over Eli Critchlow
(Valdez High School) (Fall 2:30)
Boys Gold 145
Brandon Smith’s place is unknown and has scored 6.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Brandon Smith (Valdez High School) won by fall over Sam
Euristi (North Pole Patriots ) (Fall 5:10) - Quarterfinal – Zane Lindberg (West Valley Wolfpack) won by fall over Brandon
Smith (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:46) - Cons. Round 2 – Brandon Smith (Valdez High School) won by major decision
over Alex Smith (North Pole Patriots ) (Maj 14-6) - Cons. Round 3 – Quinn Kraus (North Pole Patriots ) won by fall over Brandon Smith (Valdez High School) (Fall 0:47)
Boys Gold 152
Theron Desienroth’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Theron Desienroth (Valdez High School) won by fall over Koa
Bacheert (North Pole Patriots ) (Fall 0:23) - Semifinal – Dalen Beck (Valdez High School) won by fall over Theron Desienroth
(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:30) - Cons. Semi – Romen Weber (Valdez High School) won by fall over Theron
Desienroth (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:53)
Boys Gold 152
Romen Weber’s place is 4th and has scored 8.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Dylan Herkstroeter (Student Wrestling Development Program) won
by decision over Romen Weber (Valdez High School) (Dec 5-4) - Cons. Round 1 – Romen Weber (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Semi – Romen Weber (Valdez High School) won by fall over Theron
Desienroth (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:53) - 3rd Place Match – Dylan Herkstroeter (Student Wrestling Development Program)
won by major decision over Romen Weber (Valdez High School) (Maj 15-2)
Boys Gold 152
Dalen Beck’s place is 2nd and has scored 18.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Dalen Beck (Valdez High School) won by fall over Dustin Phipps
(West Valley Wolfpack) (Fall 2:49) - Semifinal – Dalen Beck (Valdez High School) won by fall over Theron Desienroth
(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:30) - 1st Place Match – Simon Connolly (North Pole Patriots ) won by fall over Dalen
Beck (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:49)
Boys Gold 160
Warren Blood’s place is 4th and has scored 11.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Warren Blood (Valdez High School) won by fall over Kyler
Rodriguez (Hutchison High School) (Fall 0:26) - Semifinal – Aaron Johnson (Lathrop Wrestling) won by fall over Warren Blood
(Valdez High School) (Fall 1:59) - Cons. Semi – Warren Blood (Valdez High School) won by fall over Nathan Vargason (North Pole Patriots ) (Fall 4:07)
- 3rd Place Match – Sebastian Moore (North Pole Patriots ) won by decision over Warren Blood (Valdez High School) (Dec 11-9)
Boys Gold 171
William Crater’s place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Gabe Mannan (Hutchison High School) won by fall over
William Crater (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:57) - Cons. Round 1 – William Crater (Valdez High School) won by fall over Travis
Chiu (West Valley Wolfpack) (Fall 0:44) - Cons. Round 2 – Michael David (Hutchison High School) won by fall over William
Crater (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:58)
Boys Gold 189
Aj Tudela’s place is 4th and has scored 9.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Aj Tudela (Valdez High School) won by forfeit over Troy Lecero
(Lathrop Wrestling) (FF) - Semifinal – Zeke Enlow (North Pole Patriots ) won by fall over Aj Tudela (Valdez
High School) (Fall 1:15) - Cons. Semi – Aj Tudela (Valdez High School) won by decision over Jacob
Gumbs (North Pole Patriots ) (Dec 4-2) - 3rd Place Match – Sage Trepasso (Lathrop Wrestling) won by decision over Aj
Tudela (Valdez High School) (Dec 8-7)
Red 119
Weston Clupper’s place is 4th and has scored 8.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Brandon Day (Thunder Mountain) won by fall over Weston Clupper
(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:17) - Cons. Round 1 – Weston Clupper (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Semi – Weston Clupper (Valdez High School) won by forfeit over Ryan
Chaney (Nenana High School) (FF) - 3rd Place Match – Shovan Thapa (Eielson High School) won by decision over
Weston Clupper (Valdez High School) (Dec 8-4)
Red 135
Landon Metzger’s place is 3rd and has scored 9.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Dennis Wingerter (Lathrop Wrestling) won by major decision over
Landon Metzger (Valdez High School) (Maj 14-5) - Round 2 – Landon Metzger (Valdez High School) won by fall over Gabriel
Livaudais (Eielson High School) (Fall 0:59) - Round 3 – Asher Bernick (Student Wrestling Development Program) won by tech
fall over Landon Metzger (Valdez High School) (TF 15-0)
Red 140
Eli Critchlow’s place is 4th and has scored 6.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Eli Critchlow (Valdez High School) won by fall over Jacob Long
(Thunder Mountain) (Fall 4:21) - Round 2 – Rylan Hughes (Eielson High School) won by major decision over Eli
Critchlow (Valdez High School) (Maj 13-3) - Round 3 – Sam Anders (West Valley Wolfpack) won by major decision over Eli
Critchlow (Valdez High School) (Maj 12-1)
Red 145
Brandon Smith’s place is 4th and has scored 6.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Sam Euristi (North Pole Patriots ) won by decision over Brandon Smith
(Valdez High School) (Dec 6-2) - Round 2 – Quinn Kraus (North Pole Patriots ) won by fall over Brandon Smith
(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:41) - Round 3 – Brandon Smith (Valdez High School) won by fall over Zane Lindberg
(West Valley Wolfpack) (Fall 4:53)
Red 152
Theron Desienroth’s place is 3rd and has scored 14.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – Theron Desienroth (Valdez High School) won by fall over Noah
Keele (Hutchison High School) (Fall 2:42) - Semifinal – Dustin Phipps (West Valley Wolfpack) won by fall over Theron
Desienroth (Valdez High School) (Fall 1:57) - Cons. Semi – Theron Desienroth (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- 3rd Place Match – Theron Desienroth (Valdez High School) won by fall over Noah
Keele (Hutchison High School) (Fall 0:29)
Red 171
William Crater’s place is 4th and has scored 4.0 team points.
- Quarterfinal – William Crater (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- Semifinal – Jaiden Schildhaur (Student Wrestling Development Program) won in overtime over William Crater (Valdez High School) (OT 8-6)
- Cons. Semi – William Crater (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)
- 3rd Place Match – Geoff Anderson (West Valley Wolfpack) won by decision over William Crater (Valdez High School) (Dec 14-11)