Monthly Archives: March 2017

Highlanders Smash Records At Montana Open

Saunten Gamas gears up for action at the Montana Open.


3/26/17- Billings

The 12th Annual Montana Open was a smashing success for the Highlanders! This year’s squad set a program record with 15 placers at the prestigious event. (previous record was 12 in 2013)
We were the 10th largest team at the event and finished in 15th place overall out of 134 teams (1640 wrestlers total. A new tournament record). A 4th place finish in the medium team division and tied for 1st among all Class B/C towns.

Four Highlanders will wrestle one more weekend! Colten Fast, Ty Kittleson, Mayson Phipps, & Trevor Overvold have qualified for Team Montana and will represent our state at the Middle School and Frosh/Soph National Duals this weekend in Iowa!! Congrats to these young men. Finish strong!

6 & Under 40 – Aiden Aune 5th
6 & Under 43 – Saunten Gamas 6th
6 & Under 49 – Jack Morehouse 3rd
6 & Under 76max – Leo Erickson 2nd
6 & Under 76max – Rivers Sugg 4th
8 & Under 97 – Cade Hudyma 4th
10 & Under 100 – Jaydeen Hanshew 6th
10 & Under 127 – Grady Nielsen 5th
12 & Under 90 – Devon Nesbitt 6th
12 & Under 165 – Kohl Kittleson 5th
15 & Under 116 – Colten Fast 4th
15 & Under 250max – Mayson Phipps 2nd
18 & Under 120 – Gabe Hallock 5th
18 & Under 138 – Matthew Reyling 4th
18 & Under 195 – Justin Walton 6th

Highlanders Crown Six Champions

Jack Morehouse takes home Black Hills Nationals Crown.

3/18/17- The Highlanders traveled across the region this past weekend and continued to build on their historic season. 6 Highlanders were crowned champions in Denver, Spearfish and Wolf Point and 43 placers overall. Youngster Jack Morehouse demolished his 4 opponents in Spearfish and was crowned Black Hills Nationals Champion. Tate Loftsgaard, Saunten Gamas, Aiden Aune, Ethan Engstrom and Jorden Barnhart were perfect on the weekend, taking home Championship honors in Wolf Point. The Highlanders will wrap up their season this weekend at the Montana Open in Billings.

Wolf Point Invitational

Tot
Anders Aune-3rd
Ryker Pedersen-2nd
Hunter Pierce- 2nd
Karver Cromwell-4th
Tate Loftsgaard-1st
Pete Ramsey-4th
Tyrus Hartwell-2nd
Saunten Gamas-1st
Asher Wersal-4th
Oliver Paulson-5th
Troy Stebleton-3rd
Hunter Wilson-4th
Leo Erickson-2nd

Bantam
Aiden Aune-1st
Tay Morehouse-4th
Holt Huntsman-3rd
Tyler King-3rd
DC Flaten-5th
Ira Moore-2nd
Gavin Redstone-4th
Cash Richardson-3rd
Ethan Engstrom-1st

Midget
Michael King-4th
Ted See-2nd
Adoniah Kirchdoerfer-4th
Jorden Barnhart-1st

Cadet
Ted Tryan-3rd

Black Hills Nationals @ Spearfish

Tot
Jack Morehouse-1st

Bantam
Tayven Bietz-7th
Hank Hopstad- 7th
Cody Kuka- 4th
Cade Hudyma- 2nd

Midget
William Kirkland- 8th
Jaydeen Hanshew- 4th
Andrew Linder- 3rd

Novice
Damien Nesbitt- 4th

Schoolboy
Colten Fast- 5th
Ty Kittleson- 2nd

High School
Kaden Zimmerman- 3rd
Oden Hallock- 4th
Trevor Overvold- 6th
Justin Walton- 4th

Rocky Mountain Nationals @ Denver

Kyler Hallock- 3rd

Records Fall At State Folkstyle

3/12/17- The Glasgow Highlanders continued their impressive run in the 2017 season SMASHING previous club records. See the run down below:

**Highlanders TIE the club RECORD for third year in a row with 45 wrestlers participating in the State AAU Tournament! The 5th largest team for the 3rd year in a row. Only North Montana (Great Falls), Havre, Team Champs (Billings) and Darkhorse (Billings) had larger teams than GWC.

**Highlanders Set a NEW CLUB RECORD with 27 state placers! Smashing last year’s club record of 18. (Including 2 State Champions and 3 State Runner-Ups)

**Highlanders Finish in 7th place overall out of 68 teams at this weekend’s TRUE STATE tournament!! Finishing behind only 4 Class AA feeder programs, Havre, & Huntley.

The Highlanders are coming for the rest of the state. Only 2 weeks left of our amazing 2017 season. Great kids. Great coaches. Great Parents.
Be proud Glasgow!

The Highlanders will be competing at the Black Hills Nationals event in Spearfish, RMN in Denver and the Wolf Point Invitational this weekend.

State AAU Folkstyle @ Great Falls 3/10 – 3/12

Tot
Anders Aune- 6th
Saunten Gamas- 4th
Tyrus Hartwell- 5th
Leo Erickson- 3rd

Bantam
Aiden Aune- 3rd
Hank Hopstad- 5th
Cody Kuka-3rd
Ethan Engstrom-6th

Midget
William Kirkland-5th
Cade Hudyma- 2nd
Jorden Barnhart- 6th
Jaydeen Hanshew- 1st
Andrew Linder- 3rd

Novice
Emily See- 4th

Schoolboy
Jake Kuka- 4th
Devon Nesbitt- 4th
Kyler Hallock- 5th
Mayson Phipps- 3rd

Cadet
Kaden Zimmerman- 3rd
Dylan Nieskens- 6th
Trevor Overvold- 2nd
Ty Kittleson- 5th
Cooper Larson- 1st

Elite
Gabe Hallock- 2nd
Matt Reyling- 3rd
Darrin Wersal- 6th
Justin Walton- 6th

Highlanders Team Champs At Glendive Tourney

Bantam Aaron Zoanni works for the pin on the way to his 2nd place finish.

3/5/17- The GWC Highlanders continue to impress as the 2017 season progresses. The young grapplers were crowned overall team champions this past weekend at the Glendive Invitational, crowning 6 champions and 24 overall placers. The Middle School aged kids also impressed, finishing in 4th place out of 35 total teams at Middle School State in Lewistown. The young competitors are peaking at the right time. Next up, State Folkstyle in Great Falls this weekend. Feel free to follow along @ trackwrestling.com for this weekends action.

Glendive Invitational

Tot
Leo Erickson- 1st
Hunter Pierce- 2nd
Rivers Sugg- 2nd
Colt Hudyma- 3rd
Troy Stebleton- 3rd
Ryker Pedersen- 3rd
Tate Loftsgaurd- 5th
Anders Aune- 4th

Bantam
Ira Moore- 1st
Cody Kuka- 1st
Aiden Aune- 1st
Tyven Bietz- 2nd
Aaron Zoanni- 2nd
Jack Morehouse- 2nd
Tyler King- 2nd
Ethan Engstrom- 2nd
Cash Richardson- 3rd
Hank Hopstad- 3rd

Midget
Cade Hudyma- 1st
Ted See- 2nd
Michael King- 2nd
Jordan Barnhart- 3rd

Novice
Flint Dix 1st
Emily See- 6th

Billings Invitationals
Jaydeen Hanshew- 1st, 1st
Saunten Gamas- 5th, 2nd
Tyrus Hartwell-2nd

Middle School State @ Lewistown

Varsity Brackets:
Dylan Nieskens — 1st
Cooper Larson — 1st
Colten Fast — 2nd
Ty Kittleson — 2nd
Mayson Phipps — 3rd
Tel Aune — 4th
Damian Nesbitt
Devon Nesbitt
Jake Kuka
Kyler Hallock
JV Brackets:
Kohl Kittleson — 1st
Carlos Gonzalez — 4th
Ted Tryan – 3rd

Highlanders Dominating Down The Stretch

Tot Troy Stebleton has his opponent in danger.

2/25/17- The Highlanders are hitting on all cylinders heading into the last month of the season. The Highlanders crowned 13 Champions and 36 placers overall on the weekend. The Glasgow Wrestling Club is hosting it’s Annual Spaghetti Feed / Pie Auction fundraiser this Thursday night, March 2nd 6:00 P.M. at the Elks Club in Glasgow. Please come out and support these kids!

Sidney Invitational

Tot
Anders Aune- 3rd
Hunter Pierce- 1st
Tate Loftsgaard- 2nd
Saunten Gamas- 1st
Pete Ramsey- 1st
Oliver Paulson- 6th
Tyrus Hartwell- 1st
Karver Cromwell- 6th
Troy Stebleton- 4th
Colt Hudyma- 1st
Leo Erickson- 1st

Bantam
Aiden Aune- 1st
Jack Morehouse- 2nd
Holt Huntsman- 3rd
Aaron Zoanni- 1st
Tyler King- 3rd
Westen Kirkland- 6th
DC Flaten- 5th
Hank Hopstad- 1st
Tayven Bietz- 2nd
Cash Richardson- 4th
Gavin Redstone- 3rd

Midget
Ted See- 2nd
Michael King- 4th
William Kirkland- 1st
Cade Hudyma- 1st

Novice
Emily See- 4th
Riley Overvold- 3rd

Columbus Invitational

Midget
Jaydeen Hanshew- 1st

Havre Middle School

Dylan Nieskens- 1st
Devon Nesbitt- 3rd
Damian Nesbitt- 4th
Ty Kittleson- 3rd
Khol Kittleson- 3rd
Levi Overvold- 2nd
Flint Dix- 5th