Jared Kuhns led Upper Perkiomen's wrestling team to an overall title at the Abingdon Holiday Hammer Classic Tournament last week.

        Kuhns and three other teammates captured individual titles for the Indians during the tournament, held Dec. 29-30 in Abingdon, Va.

        Kuhns, a 113-pound junior, was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler. Jarek Svanson (126), Jacob Folk (152) and Michael Modugno (220) also brought home gold medals against competition from Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and West Virginia.

        Gavin Marks (106), D.J. McIlvaine (145) and Mickey Hopkins (160) finished third. Zach Rozanski (120) added a fourth-place finish.

        "We wrestled really well," head coach Sam Walters said. "It was what I was hoping for."

        Kuhns (11-2) opened the tournament with a technical fall over Tristen Childers, of Cabell Midland, W.Va., in the quarterfinal round, then followed with a 6-5 win over Daniel Milstead, from the host team.

        In the final, Kuhns posted a third-period fall against Trent Nelson, from Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tenn.

        "Jared wrestled really well," Walter said. "All four of the guys who won looked really good."

        At 126 pounds, Svanson (10-4) registered consecutive first-period pins in his initial three bouts. He needed only two minutes and 32 seconds of mat time to reach the finals. Bryson Hux, of Greeneville, Tenn., took him the distance. However, Svanson posted a 4-0 decision.

        Folk (10-4) opened his tournament with a 1:29 pin of Kilroy Hill, from Elizabethton, Tenn. before posting a 10-3 decision over Mark Wright from Salisbury, N.C., in the quarterfinals.

        In the semifinals, Folk pinned Josh Penuel, of Rural Retreat, Va., in 3:41 before notching a 4-3 win over Robbie Holley, from Cabell Midland, W.Va. for the title.

        At 220, Modugno (10-2) opened the tourney with a 19-second fall before scoring consecutive decisions to reach the final bout. He won the gold medal by defeating Eric Reynolds, of Lord Botetourt, Va., 3-0.

        According to Walters, the intent of the trip was to maintain team unity and show the wrestlers where two members of the coaching staff attended college.

        The Indians stopped at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., where Walters attended and competed. They also visited the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the Alma mater of assistant coach Brent Fiorito.