Led by champions in three weight classes, the South Wolverines opened the wrestling season by winning The Altercation, a 20-team tournament that wrapped up Saturday in Houston.
Greg Shack, Rami Pellumbi and Abraham Correa-Medina captured titles for South, which piled up 222 points to hold off the defending Class 4A state champion Colony Knights.
Colony produced four individual champions – Rush Fannon, Levi Hopkins, Caleb Hopkins and Robert Haan – and totaled 194 points.
Third-place Wasilla finished with three champs and 150 points.
The Altercation
Team scores
1) South 222, 2) Colony 194, 3) Wasilla 150, 4) Houston 103.5, 5) Chugiak 93, 6) Glennallen 61, 7) Palmer 58, 8) tie, East and West 51, 10) Grace Christian 42, 11) .Bartlett 39.5, 12) Dillingham 36, 13) Su-Valley 33, 14) tie, ACS and Holy Rosary 28, 16) Dimond 19, 17) Galena 17, 18) Newhalen 10, 19) Valdez 5.5, 20) Kodiak 0.
Championship finals
98 – Rush Fannon (Colony) p. Nou Vue (Chugiak), :40. 106 -- Jeremy Briones (West) dec. Trace Severson (Colony), 6-4 (sudden victory). 113 -- Micah Mathis (Wasilla) dec. Sam Sisco (Colony), 6-4. 120 – Levi Hopkins (Colony) dec. Jared Virgin (Glennallen) 2-1. 126 -- Dillon Simpson (Wasilla) dec. Isaiah Elvsaas (Wasilla), 6-2 (ultimate tiebreaker). 132 – Greg Shack (South) dec. Berit Sturgeon (Wasilla), 4-2. 138 – Caleb Hopkins (Colony) dec. Brenan Powell (East), 3-0. 145 – Michael Lucas (Hoy Rosary) won by medical forfeit over Noah Ottum (South). 152 – Andrue Shepersky (Wasilla) dec. Jeffrey Glynn (Palmer), 4-3. 160 – Rami Pellumbi (South) dec. Dawson Budke (Chugiak), 8-5. 170 – Brandon Lowe (Chugiak) p. Jacob Butler (Chugiak), 2:45. 182 – Robert Haan (Colony) p. Ryan Bankston (South), 1:11. 195 – Abraham Correa-Medina (South) def. Michael House (Houstoun. 220 – Sean Lang (Houston) p. Chase Minnick (Wasilla), 2:23. 285 – Marshall Pinard (Su-Valley) p. Kane Gillilan (South), 1:10.