There's been a Peppelman from Central Dauphin in the PIAA Wrestling Championships brackets since 2005, and that Peppelman quartet has earned 12 medals, five of them gold.
The string of Peppelman brothers will continue, barring injury, through 2014 as Garrett will conclude the run.
But this weekend, for the first time, brother No. 3, Colton, will be clutching a PIAA medal.
The 170-pound Ram senior is in the semifinals after his 3-0 quarterfinal victory Friday afternoon over previously unbeaten Dominic Rigous of Central Bucks South, meaning a medal of no lower than sixth will be awarded on Saturday night at Giant Center.
"I was so excited. I've worked four years for this and just to be on that podium and in the semifinals is just an incredible feeling,'' Colton said.
Brother Garrett won a title last season and is also in the semifinals on Saturday. Marshall (Cornell) and Walter (Harvard), who are wrestling in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships this weekend at Rutgers, combined for eight PIAA medals (four golds).
Now it's Colton's turn for some hardware.
"I saw the bracket and it was topside,'' Colton said. "To go out there and beat an undefeated wrestler in front of 4,000 felt great.
" I felt strong, I felt like I was in good shape and he wasn't really close to scoring the entire time so I felt like I was ready for anything.''
Colton turned Rigous with a second-period tilt. The referee didn't get off a two-count the first time Peppelman exposed RIgous' shoulders but he kept the grip and turned him again.
"It was close the first time. I saw I didn't have two,'' Peppelman said. " I heard my coach yelling in the corner and I know I couldn't stop. Three's better than two anyway.''
Colton and Garrett were on side-by-side mats simultaneously and teammate Austin Rose was also wrestling at the same time. Rose lost in a tiebreaker match but Colton said Rose was ''one of the best consolation round wrestlers in the country.'' Rose did win his first consolation bout and will place.
Colton praised his workout partners, including his brother and Rose and Tyson Dippery, another Ram in Saturday's semifinals.
"To be good you have to have the best workout partners and I couldn't ask for anything better,'' Colton said. "Just to have four guys that caliber of wrestler, they push me into everything I can do.''
Ironically, Colton and Garrett each must face nationally ranked wrestlers on Saturday. Garrett, if he wins his semifinal against Zach Voytek of Greensburg-Salem, will have a likely rematch against Chance Marsteller, the country's No. 1-ranked high school wrestler.
And Colton's semifinal foe is Canon McMillan's Cody Wiercioch, the country's top-ranked 170-pounder.
"I think Garrett can come back and give Chance a run for another title, and I get the No. 1 kid in the country next but I'm optimistic,'' Colton said. "I've wrestled him before and it wasn't that bad so... (Colton lost 7-3 in the Super 32 tournament last fall).
"I just have to keep attacking and hopefully pull off this one; that would be great.''
Regardless of what happens on Saturday, Colton's next step is also great. He'll attend Harvard, arriving in Cambridge, Mass., just as brother Walter is leaving.
"It's not just the name, it's the people,'' Colton said. "You go up there and you talk to everyone and everyone I met was incredible.
"I'm so excited to be a part of it and part of the wrestling program; they took out Lehigh this year.
"And I'm also getting a pretty good education too. ''