Scotties Pin Malta in Duals

With the divisional and state wrestling meets on the horizon, the Scottie wrestlers competed in Malta Jan. 27 and 28.

On Friday, the Scotties and the Mustangs faced off in a dual meet, and Glasgow defeated Malta 32-28.

Glasgow 32, Malta 28

103: double forfeit.

113: Gabe Hallock won by forfeit.

120: Matt Reyling tech. fall over Kolter Schipman (18-1).

126: Kaden Zimmerman pinned Callan Mears (1:33).

132: Kaden Moore pinned Oden Hallock (1:40).

138: Trey Simanton pinned Mitch Overold (:32).

145: Ceaton Mears maj. dec. Cale Swanson (8-1).

152: double forfeit.

160: Keenan Schipman pinned Darrin Wersal (1:55).

170: Trevor Overold def. Travis Epperson (10-4).

182: Tony Kaiser pinned Andres Lopez (3:04).

205: Kevin McDonald pinned Miles Bunk (1:12).

285: Luke Lawless pinned Justin Walton (2:39).

The following day, the Scottie wrestlers competed in Malta's invitational meet and finished second out of 14 teams, falling short of the top spot by just 3.5 points.

Leading the way for the Scottie mat men with first-place finishes were senior Tony Kaiser and junior Matt Reyling.

Also placing and contributing points for the squad were: Trevor Overvold, 2nd place; Jake Meiers, 4th place; Gabe Hallock, 4th place; Kaden Zimmerman, 3rd place; Oden Hallock, 4th place; and Cale Swanson, 4th place.

Zimmerman, who lost to Malta's Callan Mears at the Chinook Mixer on Jan. 20, bowed out of competition the next day due to illness. Zimmerman came back strong this past weekend, however, to avenge his loss to Mears twice, pinning him at both meets.

Although it was a good weekend for the Scotties, head coach Jory Casterline still looks for improvement from the boys. "They have to hate to lose more than they want to win," he said.

With the B-C Divisional meet scheduled for this Saturday, Feb. 4, Casterline indicated that he is still weighing options for some of the weight classes. "I'm keeping an eye on a few different areas and may move some things around for this Saturday," he explained. Overall, though, Casterline is optimistic. "I think we're peaking at the right time," he said.

The divisional tournament will be held at Scottie Gymnasium and matches start at 11 a.m. Three GHS seniors, Tony Kaiser, Gabe Hallock and Presly Hallock, will participate in senior recognition at 10:45 a.m., just prior to the start of competition.

2017 Mustang Invitational Results for Glasgow:

103 - Meiers (18-8) placed 4th and scored 7 team points. Quarterfinal - Meiers received a bye; Semifinal - Cameron Pleninger (Havre) 1-1 won by fall over Meiers (Fall 2:50); Cons. Semi – Meiers won by fall over Zach Jackson (Harlem) 0-11 (Fall 0:56); 3rd Place Match - Matt Connelly (Valier) 16-9 won by fall over Meiers (Fall 2:14).

113 - Gabe Hallock (29-12) placed 4th and scored 9 team points. Quarterfinal - Hallock won by fall over Gavin Horn (Harlem) 15-15 (Fall 2:38); Semifinal - Ryan Stewart (Havre) 1-1 won by decision over Hallock (Dec 13-8); Cons. Semi - Hallock won by decision over Trisetan Kemp (Wolf Point) 12-10 (Dec 4-0); 3rd Place Match - Marc Ramirez (Havre) 3-1 won by decision over Hallock (Dec 5-2).

120 - Matt Reyling (32-6) placed 1st and scored 22 team points. Quarterfinal - Reyling received a bye; Semifinal - Reyling won by fall over Pete Henderson (Choteau) 26-14 (Fall 1:59); 1st Place Match - Reyling won by fall over Lane Paulson (Havre) 1-1 (Fall 2:56).

126 - John Cremer (1-2). Champ. Round 1 - Cremer won by major decision over Andrew Anderson (Cut Bank) 7-7 (MD 13-2); Quarterfinal - Callan Mears (Malta) 26-10 won by major decision over Cremer (MD 15-4); Cons. Round 2 - Karsan Wortman (Wolf Point) 8-12 won by decision over Cremer (Dec 11-9).

126 - Kaden Zimmerman (24-16) placed 3rd and scored 20 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Zimmerman won by fall over Karsan Wortman (Wolf Point) 8-12 (Fall 1:48); Quarterfinal - Zimmerman won by fall over Colton Liddle (Chinook) 9-18 (Fall 1:19); Semifinal - Martin Wilkie (Havre) 2-0 won by fall over Zimmerman (Fall 1:19); Cons. Semi - Zimmerman won by fall over Karsan Wortman (Wolf Point) 8-12 (Fall 1:55); 3rd Place Match - Zimmerman won by fall over Callan Mears (Malta) 26-10 (Fall 0:59).

132 - Oden Hallock (22-19) placed 4th and scored 9 team points. Quarterfinal - Hallock won by fall over JT Hauer (Chinook) 24-21 (Fall 5:28); Semifinal - Quinn Whitmus (Wolf Point) 26-3 won by fall over Hallock (Fall 1:45). Cons. Semi - Hallock won by decision over Hunter Reum (Poplar) 24-10 (Dec 1-0); 3rd Place Match - Connor Harris (Havre) 3-1 won by fall over Hallock (Fall 1:46).

138 - Mitch Overvold (2-2) scored 4 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Overvold received a bye; Quarterfinal - Kobe Tran (Chester J-I) 23-11 won by tech fall over Overvold (TF-1.5 0:00 (16-0)); Cons. Round 2 - Overvold won by fall over Presly Hallock (Ggw) 0-2 (Fall 0:53); Cons. Round 3 - Overvold won by decision over Watson Snyder (Choteau) 2-20 (Dec 7-6); Cons. Semi - Ross Reed (Chinook) 19-23 won by fall over Overvold (Fall 2:54).

138 - Presly Hallock (0-2). Champ. Round 1 - Trey Simanton (Malta) 37-2 won by fall over Hallock (Fall 1:09); Cons. Round 1 - Hallock received a bye; Cons. Round 2 - Mitch Overvold (Ggw) 2-2 won by fall over Hallock (Fall 0:53).

145 - Cale Swanson (1-2) placed 4th and scored 7 team points. Quarterfinal - Swanson received a bye; Semifinal - Tate Niederegger (Chinook) 30-3 won by fall over Swanson (Fall 0:43); Cons. Semi - Swanson won by fall over Calvin Maples (Choteau) 21-20 (Fall 1:39); 3rd Place Match - Trey Taylor (Circle) 25-8 won by fall over Swanson (Fall 3:38).

160 - Darrin Wersal (10-23) scored 4 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Wersal received a bye; Quarterfinal - Taner Stone (Choteau) 36-0 won by fall over Wersal (Fall 2:50); Cons. Round 2 - Wersal received a bye; Cons. Round 3 - Wersal won by fall over Taylor Gopher (Havre) 0-2 (Fall 4:15); Cons. Semi - Dylan Monroe (Valier) 19-13 won by fall over Wersal (Fall 1:38).

170 - Trevor Overvold (21-21) placed 2nd and scored 16 team points. Quarterfinal - Overvold received a bye; Semifinal - Overvold won by fall over JJ Colby (Chinook) 13-13 (Fall 4:18); 1st Place Match - Jeffrey Berger (Poplar) 24-9 won by fall over Overvold (Fall 0:46).

182 - Tony Kaiser (28-9) placed 1st and scored 22 team points. Quarterfinal - Kaiser received a bye; Semifinal - Kaiser won by fall over Tyson Sutherland (Poplar) 14-14 (Fall 0:57); 1st Place Match - Kaiser 28-9 won by fall over Travis Epperson (Malta) 23-14 (Fall 5:46).

205 - Kevin McDonald (6-19). Quarterfinal - Austin Ratliff (Havre) 3-1 won by fall over McDonald (Fall 1:35); Cons. Round 1 - Dakota Daley (Choteau) 19-12 won by fall over McDonald (Fall 2:32).

205 - Justin Walton (1-2). Quarterfinal - Reece Hutton (Harlem) 23-6 won by fall over Walton (Fall 0:27); Cons. Round 1 - Walton won by decision over Miles Bunk (Malta) 5-26 (Dec 6-4); Cons. Semi - Austin Ratliff (Havre) 3-1 won by fall over Walton (Fall 0:24).

Team Scores:

1.  Malta  123.5

2.  Glasgow  120.0

3.  Havre  107.0

4.  Valier  90.5

5.  Cut Bank 75.5

6.  Choteau  72.0

7.  Circle  63.0

8.  Chinook  53.0

8.  Poplar  53.0

10.  Wolf Point  43.0

11.  Harlem 33.0

12.  Chester J-I  13.5

13.  Frazer  4.0

14.  Hays Lodgepole  0.0