2/20/17- The Highlanders competed across the state this past weekend, crowing 19 Champions in total. 50+ wrestlers headed to Poplar, Choteau and Butte for their annual Invitational tournaments. With State AAU only a few short weeks away, the Highlanders are showing VAST improvement and dedication. This weekend the wrestlers will compete in the Sidney Invitational, Havre Middle School and Belgrade Middle School dual tournaments. If you see any of these youngsters around town, please give them a BIG pat on the back!

Poplar Invitational

1st PLACE
Aiden Aune
Tyrus Hartwell
Saunten Gamas
Jack Morehouse
Tyler King
Colt Hudyma
Tayven Bietz
Hank Hopstad
Cody Kuka
Ethan Engstrom
Leo Erickson
Cade Hudyma
Jaydeen Hanshew
Grady Nielsen

2nd PLACE
Ryker Pedersen
Hunter Pierce
Troy Stebleton
Rivers Sugg
William Kirkland
Ted Tryan
Levi Overvold
Andrew Linder
Carlos Gonzales

3rd PLACE
Anders Aune
Asher Wersal
Oliver Paulson
Tay Morehouse
Ira Moore
Westen Kirkland
Gavin Redstone
Ted See
Michael King
Riley Overvold
Jorden Barnhart

4th PLACE
Tate Loftsgaard
Hunter Wilson
Breckin Partridge
Emily See
Tripp Schmidt

5th PLACE
Rico Reyes
Adoniah Kirchdoerfer

Butte Middle School
Ty Kittleson 1st
Damian Nesbitt 4th

Butte Cyclops Invitational
Kohl Kittleson 1st
Jake Kuka 5th
Kyler Hallock 4th
Blake Overvold 4th
Mayson Phipps 1st
Colten Fast 3rd
Dylan Nieskens 3rd
Tel Aune 1st
Ty Kittleson 2nd
Cooper Larson 1st

1/28/17- Glasgow, MT

Here are the results from this past weekends Glasgow Invitational wrestling tournament. The Highlanders provided the home crowd with a TON of fireworks! Great job boys

Here are the final results (17 Champions, 63 placers):

Tot 34-37 – Anders Aune’s place is 3rd
Tot 35-37 – Ryker Pedersen’s place is 5th
Tot 38-41 – Tyrus Hartwell’s place is 1st.
Tot 40-41 – Tate Loftsgaard’s place is 1st
Tot 40-41 – Rico Reyes’s place is 5th
Tot 40-43 – Hunter Pierce’s place is 3rd
Tot 40-43 – Saunten Gamas’s place is 2nd
Tot 41-43 – Pete Ramsey’s place is 1st
Tot 41-44 – Karver Cromwell’s place is 4th
Tot 41-44 – Asher Wersal’s place is 2nd
Tot 42-45 – Oliver Paulson’s place is 4th
Tot 47-48 – Hunter Wilson’s place is 5th
Tot 48-50 – Troy Stebleton’s place is 4th
Tot 51-53 – Adam Weber’s place is 3rd
Tot 55-62 – Walker Sugg’s place is 3rd
Tot 55-62 – Colt Hudyma’s place is 1st
Tot 69-77 – Leo Erickson’s place is 1st
Tot 69-77 – Rivers Sugg’s place is 3rd
Bantam 40-43 – Aiden Aune’s place is 1st
Bantam 40-43 – Jacob Bishop’s place is 5th
Bantam 42-46 – Tay Morehouse’s place is 3rd
Bantam 44-47 – Holt Huntsman’s place is 3rd
Bantam 44-47 – Daniel Bailey’s place is 5th
Bantam 47-50 – Jack Morehouse’s place is 1st
Bantam 49-52 – Aaron Zoanni’s place is 3rd
Bantam 49-52 – Westen Kirkland’s place is 3rd
Bantam 51-55 – Tyler King’s place is 4th
Bantam 51-56 – DC Flaten’s place is 3rd
Bantam 53-54 – Aedan Weber’s place is 2nd
Bantam 53-56 – Ira Moore’s place is 5th
Bantam 56-58 – Breckin Partridge’s place is 5th
Bantam 58-61 – Cash Richardson’s place is 4th
Bantam 60-63 – Tayven Bietz’s place is 1st.
Bantam 61-66 – Hank Hopstad’s place is 2nd.
Bantam 64-67 – Cody Kuka’s place is 1st
Bantam 68-75 – Ethan Engstrom’s place is 2nd
Bantam 68-75 – Gavin Redstone’s place is 3rd
Midget 52-56 – John Yeska’s place is 3rd
Midget 68-71 – Ted See’s place is 2nd
Midget 69-72 – Michael King’s place is 3rd
Midget 72-76 – Adoniah Kirchdoerfer’s place is 5th
Midget 77-84 – William Kirkland’s place is 1st
Midget 79-85 – Wyatt Sugg’s place is 2nd
Midget 86-93 – Cade Hudyma’s place is 3rd
Midget 90-98 – Jorden Barnhart’s place is 4th
Midget 95-104 – Jaydeen Hanshew’s place is 1st
Midget 107-116 – Andrew Linder’s place is 1st
Midget 124-134 – Tripp Schmidt’s place is 2nd
Novice 77-82 – Riley Overvold’s place is 3rd
Novice 82-86 – Jackson Bishop’s place is 4th
Novice 84-89 – Flint Dix’s place is 2nd
Novice 111-120 – Levi Overvold’s place is 2nd
Novice 127-134 – Grady Nielsen’s place is 2nd
Novice 144-162 – Kohl Kittleson’s place is 1st
Schoolboy 66-66 – Jake Kuka’s place is 2nd
Schoolboy 83-90 – Devon Nesbitt’s place is 1st
Schoolboy 91-95 – Jack Cornwell’s place is 5th
Schoolboy 91-95 – Damien Nesbitt’s place is 2nd
Schoolboy 121-127 – Kyler Hallock’s place is 3rd
Schoolboy 151-152 – Blake Overvold’s place is 2nd
Cadet 105- Ted Tryan place is 1st
Cadet 115-127 – Colten Fast’s place is 1st
Cadet 205-246 – Mayson Phipps’s place is 1st

1/21/17- The Glasgow Highlanders made the trek to North Dakota to compete in the Zach Anderson Memorial Open in Williston this past weekend. These youngsters continue to impress early in the season, crowning 10 CHAMPIONS and 33 place winners. Congrats and keep grinding boys. We’re proud of you!

Zach Anderson Memorial Open (Williston)

6U
Anders Aune- 4th
Asher Wersal- 2nd
Rico Reyes- 5th
Hunter Pierce- 1st
Tate Loftsgaard- 2nd
Aiden Aune- 1st
Tyrus Hartwell- 3rd
Saunten Gamas- 2nd
Pete Ramsey- 4th
Tay Morehouse- 1st
Jack Morehouse- 3rd
Aaron Zoanni- 2nd
Colt Hudyma- 2nd
Ira Moore- 1st
Aedan Weber- 4th
Walker Sugg- 2nd
Rivers Sugg- 1st
Leo Erickson- 1st

7-8
Hank Hopstad- 2nd
Adoniah Kirchdoerfer- 2nd
Cade Hudyma- 1st
Khye Gamas- 2nd
Riley Overvold- 3rd

9-10
Wyatt Sugg- 4th
Jaydeen Hanshew- 1st
Tripp Schmidt- 2nd
Andrew Linder- 3rd

11-12
Calvin Mason- 4th
Devin Nesbitt- 2nd
Damien Nesbitt- 4th
Blake Overvold- 1st
Levi Overvold- 3rd
Mayson Phipps- 1st

1/15/17: The Highlanders had quite an IMPRESSIVE opening weekend of wrestling @ the Miles City Invitational and Helltown Throwdown in Helena crowing 7 CHAMPIONS! We were the third LARGEST team in Miles City. Not bad for only three practices. The Highlanders will be competing in the Zach Anderson Memorial Open @ Williston, ND this weekend.

Final results below:

Miles City Invitational
Tots
Anders Aune 5th
Tyrus Hartwell 3rd
Hunter Pierce 2nd
Karver Cromwell 2nd
Pete Ramsey 2nd
Saunten Gamas 1st
Troy Stebleton 3rd
Adam Weber 5th
Colt Hudyma 2nd
Bantam
Aiden Aune 3rd
Holt Huntsman 5th
Ira Moore 3rd
Aedan Weber 6th
DC Flaten 6th
Cash Richardson 4th
Tayven Bietz 3rd
Gavin Redstone 3rd
River Sugg 4th
Leo Erickson 2nd
Midget
Khye Gamas 1st
Ted See 1st
Cade Hudyma 1st
Jaydeen Hanshew 1st
Novice
Riley Overvold 4th
Jackson Bishop 5th
Levi Overvold 1st
Schoolboy
Damien Nesbitt 2nd
Blake Overvold 2nd
Devon Nesbitt 3rd
Cadet
Ted Tryan 3rd

Helltown Throwdown (Helena)
Middle School
Dylan Nieskens 1st
Colten Fast 3rd
Jake Kuka 5th

Dylan Nieskens (2nd), Colten Fast (2nd), Tel Aune (5th), Cooper Larson (4th), Ty Kittleson (6th) and Kyler Hallock traveled to Omaha Nebraska last weekend for winter nationals. All 8th graders so the future is looking bright! The GWC Highlanders will be in Miles City for the first area youth tournament of the year. Results to follow next week.

Total results posted below.

Winter Nationals 2017 Results for Glasgow Wrestling Club
Novice 120 – Kyler Hallock’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kyler Hallock (Glasgow Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Kyler Hallock (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Conner Fowler (Valentine Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:41)
Quarterfinal – Jayden Angle (Team Outsiders Wresling Club) won by decision over Kyler Hallock (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Dec 11-4)
Cons. Round 4 – Cameron Graham (Double Dog Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kyler Hallock (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:08)

Schoolboy 115 – Colton Fast’s place is 2nd and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Colton Fast (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by decision over Levi Lewis (Western Edge) (Dec 7-0)
Quarterfinal – Colton Fast (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Dalton Mckinley (Riverside Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:52)
Semifinal – Colton Fast (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Grady Belt (Double Dog Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-2)
1st Place Match – Jared Simma (East Kansas Wrestling Club) won by fall over Colton Fast (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:59)
2nd Place Match – Colton Fast (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kyle Sizemore (Lawson Youth Wrestling Club) (Fall 4:02)

Schoolboy 180 – Tel Aune’s place is 5th and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Tel Aune (Glasgow Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Ethan Kremer (East Kansas Wrestling Club) won by fall over Tel Aune (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:34)
Cons. Round 2 – Tel Aune (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Kiah Rasmussen (Millard South) (Fall 2:43)
Cons. Round 3 – Tel Aune (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Jacob Berger (Poplar Wrestling Club) (Fall 3:28)
Cons. Semi – Anthony Pray (MWC Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Tel Aune (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:00)
5th Place Match – Tel Aune (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Orentheian Everett (Dirty Eagles wrestling club) (Fall 2:43)

Schoolboy 180 – Dylan Nieskens’s place is 2nd and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Nieskens (Glasgow Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Dylan Nieskens (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Colin Hubbell (western states) (Maj 13-2)
Semifinal – Dylan Nieskens (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Anthony Pray (MWC Wrestling Academy) (Fall 3:44)
1st Place Match – Ethan Kremer (East Kansas Wrestling Club) won by decision over Dylan Nieskens (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-4)
2nd Place Match – Dylan Nieskens (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by rule over Anthony Pray (MWC Wrestling Academy) (RULE)

Schoolboy HWT – Cooper Larson’s place is 4th and has scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Cooper Larson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Wyatt Dittman (Millard North Mustangs) (Fall 1:10)
Quarterfinal – Cooper Larson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Dylan Thompson (Northwest jr. Lions/Thoroughbr) (Fall 0:57)
Semifinal – Andy Weis (Creston Express Wrestling) won by decision over Cooper Larson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Semi – Cooper Larson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Wyatt Dittman (Millard North Mustangs) (Fall 1:23)
3rd Place Match – Keith (kj) Miley (Northwest jr. Lions/Thoroughbr) won by fall over Cooper Larson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:20)

Schoolboy HWT – Ty Kittleson’s place is 6th and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Ty Kittleson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Ty Kittleson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Colton Obermeyer (Norfolk Junior Wrestling) (Fall 0:58)
Semifinal – Cade Haberman (Blair Wrestling Club) won by fall over Ty Kittleson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:36)
Cons. Semi – Keith (kj) Miley (Northwest jr. Lions/Thoroughbr) won by decision over Ty Kittleson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-2)
5th Place Match – Wyatt Dittman (Millard North Mustangs) won by decision over Ty Kittleson (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-5)

The Glasgow Wrestling Club competed at the Inaugural Brodie Gorder Dual tournament in Sidney this past weekend.  GWC’s first experience at a dual tournament.

Competing for the Highlanders were:  Tyler King, Hank Hopstad, Khye Gamas, Ted See, Jake Kuka, Flint Dix, Connor Hudyma, Jaydeen Hanshew, Ethan Nickles, Ethyn Schindler, Levi Overvold, Kyler Hallock, Grady Nielsen, Carlos Gonzales, Blake Overvold, Kohl Kittleson, Riley Overvold, Tavin Boland and Jackson Bishop.

The Highlanders placed 5th overall in the LARGE team division. Khye Gamas and Kyler Hallock both went undefeated at 5-0 for the day. Blake Overvold won a quick pin trophy for his :10 fall.

Seventh grader Dylan Nieskens traveled to Iowa and competed with Team Montana against some of the nations BEST @ the Lee Palimuk national dual tournament.  Dylan did outstanding against some very tough competition, finishing 5-3 on the weekend.  Team Montana did great, with the help of Dylan who came away with an All-American medal and team medal on the weekend.  Great job Dylan!

The highlanders compete at the Montana Open this weekend in Billings to wrap up the Folkstyle season.  Good job Highlanders!

3/20/16- The GWC Highlanders were dispatched across the nation this past weekend for some outstanding wrestling action. 38 grapplers competed at the Circle Invitational, Black Hills Nationals (Spearfish, SD) and Rocky Mountain Nationals (Denver, CO), with many coming away with some prestigious hardware. The Highlanders will compete in Sidney this weekend for the Inaugural Brodie Gorder Memorial Elementary Dual tournament.

Circle Invitational

TOT
Hunter Pierce- 2nd
Aiden Aune- 1st
Saunten Gamas- 1st
Tay Morehouse- 2nd
Jack Morehouse- 1st
Ira Moore- 4th
Weston Kirkland-3rd
DC Flaten- 2nd
Rivers Sugg- 3rd

BANTAM
Wheeler Damboise- 2nd
Hank Hopstad- 2nd
Gavin Redstone- 5th
Cody Kuka- 1st
Ethan Engstrom- 3rd

MIDGET
Tavin Boland- 3rd
Ted See- 2nd
Riley Overvold- 1st
Wyatt Sugg- 1st
William Kirkland- 5th
Roman Fast- 5th

NOVICE

Jake Kuka- 2nd
Levi Overvold- 2nd
Carlos Gonzales- 5th
Blake Overvold- 2nd
Kohl Kittleson- 1st

SCHOOLBOY
Ty Kittleson- 2nd

Black Hills Nationals (Spearfish, SD)

Colton Fast- 3rd
Trevor Overvold- 1st
Blaine Myrick- 7th

Rocky Mountain Nationals (Denver, CO)

Grady Nielsen- 6th
Kyler Hallock-2nd Freestyle/5th Folkstyle
Jaydeen Hanshew-2nd Place/3rd Place (Double Bracketed)
Ethyn Schindler- 6th Place

Highlander Highlights from State AAU this weekend in Great Falls:

**Highlanders TIE last year’s club RECORD with 45 wrestlers participating in the State Tournament! The 5th largest team for the 2nd 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 18 state placers! (Including 2 State Champions and 5 State Runner-Ups)

**Highlanders Finish in 9th place overall out of 66 teams!! First among ALL Class B/C towns. Finishing behind only 7 Class AA feeder programs and Havre.

** 7th Grader, Dylan Nieskens, qualified for Team Montana! He will represent our State at The Middle School National Duals in Iowa over Easter Break.

FINAL RESULTS State AAU @ Great Falls

BANTAM
Cade Hudyma- 3rd
Andrew Linder- 3rd

MIDGET
Connor Hudyma- 6th
Jaydeen Hanshew- 2nd
Grady Nielsen- 1st

NOVICE
Kyler Hallock- 4th
Carlos Gonzalez- 5th
Blake Overvold- 2nd
Kohl Kittleson- 4th

SCHOOLBOY
Colton Fast-1st
Dylan Nieskens- 2nd
Tel Aune- 6th
Cooper Larson- 2nd

CADET
Jacob Meiers- 4th
Matt Reyling- 2nd
Blaine Myrick- 5th
Terrick Sanders- 5th

ELITE
Gabe Hallock- 3rd