Whitehall's wrestling team opened its season with an impressive showing in the Grandville Challenge, finishing in second place with 148.5 team points.
The Vikings checked in with 10 fewer team points than the host Bulldogs, but had champions or runners-up in half of the 14 weight classes, with two wrestlers taking the top spot.
Robert Belinger and Dom Zygmuntowski won their weight classes at 113 and 126 pounds respectively. Zygmuntowski faced five opponents and scored pins or technical falls against each of them, capping his day with a pin of Lapeer's Aaron Lowe in the final round. Belinger picked up a win by forfeit in the first round and then won three straight matches on the mat, finishing with a pin of Portage Northern's Andrew Peterson.
Five Vikings finished in second place in their weight classes. Blake Wallace pinned his opponent in all four of his victories at 120, and Max Krukowski posted a pin and a technical fall among his four victories at 144. Wyatt McFarren went 3-1 at 150, pinning two opponents, and Liam Leeke earned bonus-point wins three times at 175, including a pin and a technical fall. At 285, Billy Darke won his first four matches, including two pins.
Isaac O'Boyle capped off Whitehall's parade of top-3 finishers, finishing third at 132 with a 2-2 record.
