\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n
![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com\/www.thealpenanews.com\/images\/2022\/05\/19222550\/3-ALPENA-SIGNEES-for-05-20-WEB.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
News Photo by James Andersen
\nAlpena High School athletes Mason Bray, left, Mason Mumford, center, and Luke Young, are pictured Wednesday at the high school after announcing their post-high school plans. Young will play football at Culver-Stockton University, Mumford will play basketball at Alpena Community College, and Bray will attend Northern Michigan University while also training in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympic Training Center in Marquette.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/p>\n
ALPENA \u2014 Luke Young will remain a Wildcat for a few more years.<\/p>\n
The Alpena High School senior signed with Culver-Stockton College on Wednesday for football and will trade in his Alpena Green and White for Culver-Stockton\u2019s Royal Blue and White.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling pretty good. I can\u2019t wait,\u201d Young said. \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Young was one of three Alpena High athletes to announce their post high school athletic plans on Wednesday, along with Mason Mumford \u2014 who signed with Alpena Community College to join the men\u2019s basketball team \u2014 and Mason Bray \u2014 who will train with USA Wrestling at the Olympic Training Center in Marquette and also attend Northern Michigan University.<\/p>\n
Young, a Big North Conference honorable mention last fall, caught seven passes for 142 yards and a touchdown for Alpena.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll join his new team \u2014 a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school in Canton, Missouri \u2014 which went 8-3 last season and is ready for whatever challenges come his way.<\/p>\n
Young said he plans to pursue studies in marketing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ready for whatever,\u201d Young said. \u201cIt was really nice (when I visited the school). I really liked the experience of going out and seeing what other places are like.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mumford averaged 7.2 points and 4.3 rebounds for the Wildcats during the 2021-22 season and was a Big North Conference honorable mention. <\/p>\n
He\u2019ll join a team that also signed Onaway center Jager Mix for next season and could also return more than a half dozen players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel great. It kind of came out of nowhere. Coach Bobby (Allen) reached out to me and I just said, \u2018Yeah I\u2019m ready\u2019 and now I\u2019m playing,\u201d Mumford said.<\/p>\n
Mumford \u2014 who plans to pursue automotive studies \u2014 plans to stay active this summer and keep working out as he prepares to adjust to the rigors of the next level.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course the level of skill and probably getting good chemistry with new teammates (will be different),\u201d Mumford said. \u201cIt\u2019ll feel good (playing close to home), it\u2019ll feel like I\u2019m playing here at the high school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bray was a two-time state qualifier for the Wildcats in wrestling and will shift his focus to training twice a day, every day as a Greco-Roman wrestler in Marquette. In his senior season, he won more than 40 matches, including 34 of his first 35 bouts and qualified for the Division 1 finals at 171 pounds.<\/p>\n
Northern Michigan\u2019s program debuted in 1999 to train wrestlers in the Greco-Roman style for potential success on the World Championship and Olympic stages.<\/p>\n
Bray reached out to the program during a visit to Marquette last summer and later got an offer to train. He hopes to make the U23 national team and plans to pursue criminal justice studies at NMU. <\/p>\n
\u201cA big part of (my interest) was the style of wrestling. It\u2019s a lot different than high school wrestling, it\u2019s only upper body so only throws,\u201d Bray said. \u201cI\u2019ve done that style a little bit in the past during the offseason and really liked it. There are opportunities I\u2019ll get up there I can\u2019t get anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n
<\/p>\n