WASILLA — It’s a busy weekend for Mat-Su Valley wrestling teams.

Colony, Houston, Palmer and Wasilla are among 23 programs competing in the North/South Duals and Tournament this weekend.

Grapplers from across the state will hit mats at Colony, Palmer and Wasilla today for the North/South Duals. The duals will begin at 9:30 a.m., and a second session is slated for 2:30 p.m. West Valley, Grace Christian, Homer, East Anchorage, Valdez, Chugiak, Nikiski and the host Moose will meet at Palmer.

North Pole, Bethel, Houston, Dimond, West Anchorage, Kenai, Skyview and the host Warriors will start at Wasilla.

Soldotna, Anchorage Christian, Bartlett, Kodiak, Service, Eagle River and the Colony varsity and junior varsity squads will wrestle at Colony.

The top three teams from the pool of squads at both Palmer and Wasilla will advance to the final round of duals this evening. The top two teams from the Colony pool will also advance.

Wasilla will host a traditional varsity tournament on Saturday. Wrestlers will be placed into a 24-man bracket for the one-day event, and action is slated to start at 9 a.m.

Local wrestlers ranked

MAT-SU — More than two dozen local wrestlers are ranked in the top-six of their respective weight classes accordig to the latest list compiled by the Alaska wrestling Web site akmat.org.

Five of the 26 Valley grapplers on the list, released Monday, are ranked first.

Colony’s Charles Coisman (125), Sam Loggins (135), Kenny Boykin (171) and Eric Fan (215) currently hold a No. 1 spot. Wasilla’s Abe Fox (103) is also ranked first.

4A Wrestling Rankings

Compiled by akmat.org

103 pounds — 1. Abe Fox, Wasilla; 2. Nathan Marquez, East; 3. Hope Steffenson, Kenai; 4. Eli Garvey, Homer; 5. Noah Roetman, Colony; 6. Gage Wright, North Pole.

112 — 1. Dillon Achman, Lathrop; 2. Johnny Hogenson, South; 3. Adam Wood, North Pole; 4. Cole Miller, Wasilla; 5. Chloe Ivanoff, Kodiak; 6. Talon Sturgill, Bartlett

119 — 1. Ross Sanford, Ketchikan; 2. Isaac Wilson, Colony; 3. Bryce Wilson, Skyview; 4. Joe Hughes, Lathrop; 5. Tyler Adams, Wasilla; 6. Gabe Loggins, Colony.

125 — 1. Charles Coisman, Colony; 2. Matt Malnoske, East; 3. Jacob Russell, South; 4. Jufer Librando, Juneau; 5. Cody Carroll, Soldotna; 6. LJ Leppanen, Palmer.

130 — 1. Skyler Moore, East; 2. Josh Brown, Wasilla; 3. Luke Faulkner, Colony; 4. Kyle Curry, Lathrop; 5. Jered Kemp, Palmer; 6. Jentry Diederich, Wasilla.

135 — 1. Sam Loggins, Colony; 2. Ben Sullivan, Chugiak; 3. Ian Fultz, Ketchikan; 4. Jake Rahlfs, North Pole; 5. Chad Lowery, Colony; 6. Taylor Osborn, Lathrop.

140 — 1. Nathan Hoffer, East; 2. Chris Frazier, North Pole; 3. Derek Johnson, Wasilla; 4. Ken Banning, Service; 5. Kyle Boss, Colony; 6. Pearson Brodie, Kodiak.

145 — 1. Luke Shelley, South; 2. Drake McGraw, Dimond; 3. Mike Miranda, Dimond; 4. Kevin Jutila, North Pole; 5. Nate Wolfe, Colony; 6. Nick Gordon, Service.

152 — 1. Grant Sullivan, Chugiak; 2. Caleb Pempek, Wasilla; 3. Trent Lemons, Lathrop; 4. Ben Nix, Dimond; 5. Rilen Skiene, Service; 6. Joe Fujimoto, Colony.

160 — 1. Eric Antesberger, North Pole; 2. Buddy Pressler, West; 3. Trent Shepersky, North Pole; 4. Mitch Wyatt, Homer; 5. Fred Pollard, Skyview; 6. Ryan Knutson, Colony.

171 — 1. Kenny Boykin, Colony; 2. Kyle Kirn, South; 3. Steve Lawson, Skyview; 4. Kyle Lefew, Service; 5. Jesse Hamilton, East; 6. Adam Akelkok, Wasilla.

189 — 1. Stephen Ellis, Service; 2. Ross Morehouse, South; 3. John Daly, Bartlett; 4. Dan Wilson, East; 5. Garrett Morrison, Chugiak; 6. Jeremy White, Wasilla.

215 — 1. Eric Fan, Colony; 2. Jacob Johnson, Wasilla; 3. Nick Archuleta, South; 4. Nick Van Bruggen, Skyview; 5. Nathaniel Williams, Eagle River; 6. Aaron Benson, Soldotna.

285 — 1. Nate Streiby, Soldotna; 2. Anthony Antonio, Kodiak; 3. Caleb Green, Bartlett; 4. Renn Wright, Colony; 5. Dillon Short, South; 6. Ryan Pomrenke, Wasilla.