The Lathrop Malemutes won the Battle in the Interior dual-meet wrestling tournament Saturday night in Fairbanks by knocking off the South Wolverines.
South easily defeated its first seven opponents before meeting Lathrop in the championship.
Lathrop 38, South 26
106: Aedyn Concepcion (S) over Isacc Wood (L) (Fall 2:42). 113: Roberto Lechuga Porras (L) over Kaleb Coker (S) (Fall 1:11). 120: Niko Mayo (S) over William Poland (L) (Dec 4-1). 126: Jacob Shack (S) over Jordan Sanchez (L) (Fall 0:44). 132: Kobe Ames (L) over Theo Cha (S) (MD 15-4). 138: Jordan Opp (L) over Micah Ee (S) (Dec 6-2). 145: Westley Bockert (L) over Spencer Martin (S) (Dec 9-3). 152: Wyatt Story (L) over Michael Chaput (S) (MD 14-6.) 160: Zachary Tolver (L) over Luke Lockard (S) (Dec 10-7). 170: Josiah Opp (L) over Jacob Anderson (S) (Dec 7-3). 182: Chad Edwards (L) over Dorian Mellon (S) (Fall 1:22). 195: Tyrese Finley (L) over (S) (For.). 220: Tyler Cross (S) over Sam Willard (L) (TB-1 7-6). 285: Henry Saafi (S) over Riley Kulash (L) (Dec 5-2). 98: Adam Concepcion (S) over Jeremy Bockert (L) (Fall 0:25).