Haines High School senior James Stickler is hopping inside the center circle of wrestling mat number 2. It is one of 12 inside the Menard Center in Wasilla, where more than 1,100 wrestlers traveled from every corner of the state to compete in Alaska’s largest tournament last weekend.
Each mat tells a story but it always ends with one hand getting raised at the end of the match. Stickler does one final look over his…