The Glasgow Wrestling Club has officially entered the “stretch run” of the 2024 season and 58 Highlanders were back on the mats over the weekend! When the calendar flips to March it always represents the most crucial four weeks of competition. The Middle School State Tournament is traditionally held on the first Saturday of March in Lewistown, Montana and provides the youth club’s 5th thru 8th graders with a chance at ALL-Class recognition! This year’s Montana Middle School State Championships had a record 772 wrestlers in attendance. GWC brought a club record 20 wrestlers to the premier event. When the dust settled, the Highlanders would tie a club record with SIX individual place winners. Jack Morehouse and Tyler King would lead the way with both finishing runner-up in their respective weight classes. The Highlander boys finished 12th place overall out of 55 teams with 117.5 team points. It was good enough for 3rd place among Class B/C feeder programs. The Highlander girls finished in 11th place overall out of 44 teams with 64.5 team points. It was good enough for 6th place among Class B/C feeder programs.
Also on Saturday, 25 young Highlanders attended the Battle in the Badlands in Glendive. GWC’s small contingent impressed with 7 individual Champions and 19 top three finishers. A 61% overall winning percentage was tops among the 16 clubs in attendance!
Finally on Sunday, a group of Highlanders closed out the weekend at the Big Spring Brawl in Lewistown. The team finished in 2nd place overall out of 13 clubs with 81 team points. Only finishing behind the tournament host; the Fergus Wrestling Club. 13 Highlanders showed up and showed out, finishing with 5 individual Champions and putting all 13 on the podium with top five finishes. Again, Glasgow would finish with the best team winning percentage at the event. Winning at a 65% clip on Sunday!
This Thursday will be the club’s most important annual fundraiser. The Glasgow Wrestling Club’s 19th Annual Spaghetti Feed and Pie Auction will get underway at the Glasgow Elks Lodge at 6:00 PM. Auction will begin at 7:00 PM. The final 4 weeks of the season will feature incredible competition. Sidney’s Brodie Gorder Memorial, State AAU and the Montana Open (both in the Billings Metra), and Black Hills Nationals in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Middle School State Individual Results–
Varsity Boys
Ryker Nixdorf
Aiden Aune
Hunter Pierce
Taden Sundeen 5th
Jack Morehouse 2nd
Saunten Gamas 3rd
Weston Kirkland
Tyler King 2nd
DC Flaten
Alex Earll
Ernie Vandall
Varsity Girls
Riley Pattison 3rd
Kylie Aho 4th
Riley Pedersen
Addison Hughes
Bailey Dooley
Chloe Lamb
Melinda Cummings
Junior Varsity
Anders Aune 2nd
Leighton Chapman 1st
Battle In the Badlands Glendive Individual Results–
Tot
Brands Casterline 3rd
Rhett Murch 1st
Jax Pankratz
Miles Henry 4th
Saylor Thompson 1st
Bantam
Nels Redfield 3rd
Howard Redfield 1st
Michael Ames
Eli Pankratz
Rowen Thompson 2nd
Ledger Kaufman 2nd
Aurora Markle 2nd
Viona Casterline 3rd
Brenley Flaten 3rd
Collins Flaten 1st
Midget
Dayton Markle 3rd
CJ Sillerud 4th
Josiah Hernandez 1st
Carson Young 2nd
Porter Hopstad 2nd
Archer Henry 1st
Novice
Knoxsen Harris 4th
Eli Holinde 2nd
Khloe Kaufman 1st
Schoolgirl
Aubree Holinde 3rd
Big Spring Brawl Lewistown Individual Results–
6U
Theo Marks 2nd
Newt Knaff 2nd
8U
Taryn Sundeen 5th
Rygan Gamas 1st
Orrin Mason 1st
Buddy Cole 4th
Colt Knaff 1st
Olive Marks 2nd
10U
Tate Lehner 1st
TenLea Sundeen 3rd
Jett Morehouse 1st
Walker Kirkland 2nd
Kennedy Flaten 2nd