Each winning his weight class, Charlie Bower and Cameron Merklin-Bauer led Haines middle school wrestlers to a fourth-place finish among eight teams at the recent Floyd Dryden tournament in Juneau.
About 100 wrestlers competed, including eight from Haines. Participants also came from Juneau, Ketchikan, Hoonah, Pelican and Gustavus.
The competition was the third Dryden tournament for the fledgling, grade-school wrestling program and the first where Haines grapplers were champions, said coach Dennis Durr. “For the…
