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Another great weekend at AAU National Duals in Iowa is in the books! Good job to all eight of these Highlanders that put in the extra work and helped form Team Montana. Each of them battled tough competition in a big arena. GWC Results from AAU National Duals: Jack Morehouse 4-4 Aiden Aune 4-4 Hunter Pierce 2-6 Tyler King 4-4 **Copper All-American** William Kirkland 6-2 **Bronze All-American** Madison Lamb 5-3 **Copper All-American** Bailey Dooley 2-3 Chloe Lamb 0-7...
Eleven Highlanders extended their season at this weekend 's prestigious Black Hills Nationals / AAU World Folkstyle Wrestling Championships in Spearfish, South Dakota. There were a record 1,472 wrestlers in attendance at the 20th Annual event. GWC may have brought a small group, but they would prove mighty! 9 of the 11 found their way onto the podium with a Top 8 finish to earn individual "AAU All-American" Honors. FIVE Highlanders would make the finals; with TenLea Sundeen, Taden Sundeen,...
The most prestigious tournament in our home state is the Montana Open at the Billings Metra! GWC brought the 6th largest team to the event this year with 55 wrestlers. It was a total team effort to put up 221 points and finish in 13th place overall out of 195 clubs in attendance. The Highlanders were 3rd place amongst Class B/C feeder programs. Leading the way were four Individual Champions and four runner-ups! TenLea Sundeen, Ryan Gamas, Aurora Markle, and Walker Kirkland would each collect a tournament title and WIN the coveted “Skull”. 31...
WOW! The Highlanders put on one heck of a show in Montana's greatest venue this weekend. For the first time in club history; the Glasgow Wrestling Club Boys WON the Large Team AAU State Championship. The Girls won the Large Team title in 2022 and the Boys have claimed Small and Medium team titles throughout the storied history of the program, but had never went up against every single Class AA feeder program to win the highest honor. Until this year! There was a record 1,271 boys in attendance...
The Highlanders are in midseason form. Wolf Point and Havre provided some great competition over the weekend and the boys and girls once again seemingly passed every test. The club split up on Saturday as the majority wrestled in the Wolf Point Invitational while many fifth thru eighth graders headed west to the Havre Middle School Invitational. Wolf Point featured nine different clubs and offered the 47 Highlanders in attendance another opportunity at key divisional opponents. GWC crowned 16...
This year's Glasgow Wrestling Club Invitational smashed a participation record for a fourth consecutive year. The Jan. 27 event featured 19 clubs and an incredible 549 wrestlers, which topped last year's record of 472. It is the largest tournament ever held in the Northeast Division of Montana AAU – wow! Despite the massive attendance, the event could not have ran any smoother! Tournament organizers and parents worked collaboratively on an event that ended up finishing 890 matches on eight m...
This year’s Glasgow Wrestling Club Invitational smashed a participation record for a fourth consecutive year. Saturday’s event featured 19 clubs and an incredible 549 wrestlers, which topped last year’s record of 472. It is the largest tournament ever held in the Northeast Division of Montana AAU – wow! Despite the massive attendance, the event could not have ran any smoother! Tournament organizers and parents worked collaboratively on an event that ended up finishing 890 matches on eight m...
GWC never backs down from competition! This weekend was no different, as the Highlanders traveled southwest to Helena for the prestigious annual Helltown Throwdown. This year's event featured 71 different youth clubs and a record 1,111 boy and girl wrestlers in attendance. It was the Glasgow Wrestling Club's first time attending this event in its 10 years of existence and the Highlanders would end up bringing the fifth biggest squad to competition. With 38 wrestlers suiting up; GWC ultimately...
How bout them Highlanders!!! What a start to the 2024 Club season for GWC. On Sunday, the Miles City Invitational featured 15 clubs and 399 wrestlers. The Highlanders had the second most wrestlers in attendance with 38 strong. Only the tournament host had more competing on the mats. GWC turned in a dominant performance; winning a tournament-high 63.8 percent of their matches and finishing with the second most Pins/Tech Falls at the event with 51 total. In the end, the team would win the Large Team Championship on the backs of 17 Individual Cham...
Bantam Boys 38-42 - Nels Redfield’s place is 4th and has scored 9.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Walter Tomsheck (Miles City Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Nels Redfield (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Maj 11-3) Cons. Round 1 - Nels Redfield (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Alton Wells (Project Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:04) Cons. Semi - Nels Redfield (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jax Schiffer (Forsyth Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-2) 3rd Place Match - Lexyn Thompson (Colstrip Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Nels...
The Montana Open is hands down the toughest youth tournament in the region. This year's version featured 2,041 grapplers from 16 different states. The Glasgow Wrestling Club brought a record 57 kids to the event, making them the fifth largest team in attendance. The Highlanders scored 254 points to finish in fifth place overall out of 157 teams. The fifth place finish ties the club record from last season at the Montana Open. The Highlanders topped every Class A and Class B/C feeder program at...
Glasgow Wrestling Club For the Courier The Glasgow Wrestling Club has really been making the Metra in Billings their second home over the last few years and they continued that trend this weekend at the State AAU Folkstyle Tournament. The 1,592 wrestlers who competed over three days were the most ever in a State AAU Tournament in Montana. The Highlanders were a big part of helping set the new mark. A record 68 Highlanders competed at State AAU, breaking last year's record of 53 participants. GWC...
Wow. Statement made. GWC is peaking as we head into the final month of the season! On Feb. 25, Highlanders headed 70 miles east to the Annual Poplar Invitational. At the end of the day; 20 Individual Champions were crowned and 45 found their way into a top three finish. Our overall individual record was 100 wins and 54 losses with 78 pins (41 pins against). Eleven of our older kids attended the Havre Middle School Invitational on the same date and 10 of them found the podium. This experienced...
A new record 472 wrestlers from 17 different clubs competed in Scottie Gymnasium this past Saturday for the 2023 Glasgow Wrestling Club Invitational. The attendance number broke last year's total of 455 grapplers. We also had our own new record 85 Highlanders competing on the home mats. The event was kicked off with the traditional parade of athletes, complete with strobe lights, fog machines, music, and introductions. Wrestling wrapped up in less than six hours and at the end of the day the...
Wow! Great job Highlanders. We tied a club record by bringing 53 kids to the big dance: the Montana Open at the Metra this weekend. Just as they've done all season long, our guys and gals did not disappoint. We came away with a club record five champions and another club record 24 top six place winners. Five more Highlanders finished runner-up and just short of a Skull. We finished 5th Place overall in the large team race out of an astonishing 177 clubs in attendance. The event featured a...
It was a monumental weekend for the Glasgow Wrestling Club. After coming up just a half point short of the Large Team Girls State Championship in 2021, the Highlander Girls came out with intensity and won the 2022 Large Team AAU State Championship. This year's girls tournament featured 54 youth wrestling clubs and 302 total Girls. GWC also swept the "10-man Championship" in the girls tournament winning the Inaugural Walt Egged Award. Not to be outdone, the Highlander boys finished second...
The stretch run is upon us! With only three weekends remaining, the Highlanders split up this past weekend at the “Border Brawl” in Plentywood and at the Montana Middle School State Wrestling Championships in Lewistown. It was another banner weekend for our GWC kids of all ages. In Plentywood, we entered an event-best 35 wrestlers. The small inter-divisional meet featured 167 kids from eight local clubs. The Highlanders were flat-out dominant throughout. When the dust settled, GWC had captured 16 individual championships and 34 top-three fin...
What an outstanding opening weekend for our Highlanders down in Miles City at the "Little Cowboy"! We entered a huge contingent of 44 boys and girls on Sunday and walked out of the event with 13 Individual CHAMPIONS and 30 top-3 place winners. Just an outstanding first meet with ONLY THREE practices under our belts. We finished in 4th place as a team out of 18 clubs with 185.5 points. Just 12 points out of first. Pretty awesome considering a large portion of our club is not starting to compete...
Another great weekend for the Highlanders! This weekend we had 19 wrestlers competing at the Baker Invitational and the Wild West Championships in Casper, Wyoming. In Baker, our grapplers managed nine top 3 finishes and three individual championships. At the Prestigious Wild West we had six Top 5 finishers including, Taden Sundeen, who brought home the coveted Championship Belt! Next weekend is a HUGE one for us. We host the annual Glasgow Wrestling Club Invitational on Saturday at Scottie...
6U 45 - Taryn Sundeen’s place is 4th and has scored 15.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jaxon Cardinal (Summit Wrestling Academy) won by tech fall over Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) (TF 20-5) Cons. Round 1 - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 2 - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) won by fall over William Mann (Central Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:30) Cons. Round 3 - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) won by fall over Ryan Bosl (LPGE) (Fall 2:22) Cons. Semi - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling c...
Boys 85 - Tyler King's place is unknown and has scored 6.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Tyler King (Glasgow Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 - Tyler King (Glasgow Wrestling Club) won by fall over Isaac McKamey (Cascade Junior High) (Fall 0:42) Quarterfinal - Jesse Gehbhart (Choteau Middle School) won by fall over Tyler King (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:22) Cons. Round 4 - Ethan Reynolds (Project Wrestling) won by fall over Tyler King (Glasgow Wrestling Club) (Fall...