Knights open wrestling season with win at Houston tourney

WASILLA — The Colony Knights used wins in five different weight classes to open the prep wrestling season with a victory in the team standings of The Altercation at Houston High School.

Defending state champions Robert Haan and Levi Hopkins were among the five Knights to win their weight class, and help Colony finish at the top of the team standings with 204 total points. Haan, the state champion at 170 pounds last year, finished first at 182. Hopkins, the defending state champ at 120, was first at 138. Vincent Cramer (106), Rush Fannon (113) and Caleb Hopkins (160) also finished first for Colony.

Wasilla finished second in the team standings with 167 total points. Defending state champion Micah Mathis was won of four Warriors to win their weight class. Mathis, the champ at 113 last season, finished first at 126 Saturday. Freshman Hunter Hayes made his prep debut, with a first-place finish at 120. Veterans Hayden Steiner (152) and Chase Minnick (220) also finished first.

Senior Marshall Pinard led Susitna Valley by winning the 285-pound bracket.

The Altercation

Friday-Saturday, Houston

Team scores:

1. Colony 204; 2. Wasilla 167; 3. Dimond 110; 4. South Anchorage 110; 5. Kodiak 90 6. Chugiak 75; 7. Eagle River 73; 8. Palmer 67.5; 9. Grace 66; 10. Cordova 63; 11. Barlett 45; 12. Houston 45; 13. Su Valley 30; 14. Delta 26; 15. Holy Rosary 24; 16. ACS 22; 17. Galena 12; 18. Valdez 7.

Individual results:

98 pounds — 1. Aedyn Concepcion, South; 2. Robert Lecours, Eagle River; 3. Austin Edwards, Colony; 4. Colter Hanson, Barteltt; 5. Tyson Patton, Bartlett; 6. Salix Woodgate, Valdez.

106 — 1. Vincent Cramer, Colony; 2. Jacob Harvey, Colony; 3. Payton Portney, Palmer; 4. Otis Eads, Chugiak; 5. Matthew Bohlman, ACS; 6. Kiowa Crawford, Houston.

113 — 1. Rush Fannon, Colony; 2. Bryan Gonzalez, Kodiak; 3. Brenden Rogers, Dimond; 4. Justin Nevelis, Chugiak.

120 — 1. Hunter Hayes, Wasilla; 2. Trace Severson, Colony; 3. Taylor Abbott-Mcalpin, South; 4. Oscar Garcia, Bartlett.

126 — 1. Micah Mathis, Wasilla; 2. Isaiah Elvsaas, Wasilla; 3. William Salter, Eagle River; 4. DesVohnn Smith, Bartlett.

132 — 1. Jack Divelbiss, Dimond; 2. Isaac Rodman, Wasilla; 3. Christion Alexander, Wasilla; 4. Kade Torres, Colony.

138 — 1. Levi Hopkins, Colony; 2. Scott Harris, South; 3. Dillon Simpson, Wasilla; 4. Shannon LeMay, ACS.

145 — 1. Michael Lucas, Holy Rosary; 2. Weston Martin, South; 3. Scott Larionoff, Kodiak; 4. Josh Nummer, Kodiak.

152 — 1. Hayden Steiner, Wasilla; 2. Gabe Nummer, Kodiak; 3. Alexander Spangler, Wasilla; 4. Gabe Martin, Grace.

160 — 1. Caleb Hopkins, Colony; 2. Evan Bockman, Grace; 3. Brennan Easley, Colony; 4. Zachary Hamberger, Cordova.

170 — 1. Austin Vreeland, Dimond; 2. Simon Ganchenko, Colony; 3. Nicholas Gross, Wasilla; 4. Almog Cohen, Dimond.

182 — 1. Robert Haan, Colony; 2. Colter Deville, Dimond; 3. Omar Powers, Delta; 4. Elliot Merriner, Grace.

195 — 1. Ivan Hernandez, Dimond; 2. Andrew Werner, Cordova; 3. Aaron Zitnick, Palmer; 4. Elias Edwards, Houston.

220 — 1. Chase Minnick, Wasilla; 2. Alex Rumfelt, Chugiak; 3. Dayton Denter, Eagle River; 4. Yasuhiro Yamashita, Kodiak; 5. Truxton Troxell, Kodiak; 6. Taylor Rofidal, Eagle River.

285 — 1. Marshall Pinard, Susitna Valley; 2. Stelios Gialopsos, Cordova; 3. Dylan Jackson, Houston; 4. Keith Anderson, Palmer.