The Colony Knights wrestling team kicked off the high school wrestling season by collecting the team title at The Altercation in Houston.
Propelled by four individual champions, Colony finished the two-day, 17-team tournament with 204 points. Wasilla, which produced three individual champions, placed second with 167 points.
Rush Fannon, Levi Hopkins, Caleb Hopkins and Robert Haan won their weight classes to lead the Knights.
Team scores
1) Colony 204, 2) Wasilla 167, 3) Dimond 110, 4) South 104, 5) Kodiak 90, 6) Chugiak 75, 7) Eagle River 73, 8) Palmer 67.5, 9) Grace Christian 66, 10) Cordova 63, 11) tie, Bartlett and Houston 45, 13) Su Valley 30, 14) Delta 26, 15) Holy Rosary 24, 16) Anchorage Christian 22, 17) Galena 12, 18) Valdez 7.
Championship matches
113 — Rush Fannon (Colony) p. Bryan Gonzalez (Kodiak), 3:45.
120 — Hunter Hayes (Wasilla) dec. Trace Severson (Colony), 5-2.
126 — Micah Mathis (Wasilla) dec. Isaiah Elvsaas (Wasilla), 7-6.
132 — Jack Divelbiss (Dimond) dec. Isaac Rodman (Wasilla), 5-0.
138 — Levi Hopkins (Colony) dec. Scott Harris (South), 8-5.
145 — Michael Lucas (Holy Rosary) dec. Weston Martin (South), 5-2.
152 — Hayden Steiner (Wasilla) p. Gabe Nummer (Kodiak), 4:46.
160 — Caleb Hopkins (Colony) p. Evan Bockman (Grace Christian), 3:11.
170 — Auston Vreeland (Dimond) p. Simon Ganchenko (Colony), 5:49.
182 — Robert Haan (Colony) p. Colter Deville (Dimond), 3:04.
285 — Marshall Pinard (Su Valley) p. Stelios Gialopsos (Cordova), 0:51.
Third-place matches
113 — Brenden Rogers (Dimond) dec. Justin Nevells (Chugiak), 9-5.
120 — Taylor Abbott-Mcalpin (South) dec. Oscar Garcia (Bartlett), 5-2.
126 — William Salter (Eagle River) p. DesVohnn Smith (Bartlett), 2:26.
132 — Christion Alexander (Wasilla) p. Anthony Torres (Colony), 2:52.
138 — Dillon Simpson (Wasilla) dec. Shannon LeMay (Anchorage Christian), 6-5.
145 — Scott Larionoff (Kodiak) won by forfeit over Josh Nummer (Kodiak).
152 — Alexander Spangler (Wasilla) d. Gabe Martin (Grace Christian), 4-2 (SV-1).
160 — Brennan Easley (Colony) p. Zachary Hamberger (Cordova), 1:26.
170 — Nicholas Gross (Wasilla) p. Almog Cohen (Dimond), 3:00.
182 — Omar Powers (Delta) dec. Eliot Merriner (Grace Christian), 9-6.
285 — Dylan Jackson (Houston) p. Keith Anderson (Palmer), 2:03.