Young Grapplers Shine in Wolf Point and Havre

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 Individual Champions and secured 34 top three finishers in Wolf Point. The future Scotties finished with the second most Pins/Tech Falls at the event with 54 total and a 64 percent overall winning percentage.

The Havre Middle School event is school sanctioned for Central Montana and has traditionally allowed clubs to enter to boost the competition level. A small group of Highlanders brought some punch to the meet and would walk away with three individual titles! A total of12 out of 13 grapplers found the podium with a top six finish. GWC had the best winning percentage out of the 15 teams in attendance; finishing at 71 percent (34-14 overall record).

On Sunday, the young Highlanders teamed up with some of the older kids to compete in the Pre-Pony Rumble at Havre High School! Fifteen clubs and 221 wrestlers formed a small Northeast Division event. GWC traveled with 24 and walked away with 11 Champions. A total of 19 of 24 Highlanders finished in the top three and the team impressed with a 63 percent overall winning percentage.

Next weekend will have the Highlanders in two different directions once again. The Glendive Invitational will host their local AAU tournament on Saturday. The Montana Middle School State Championships will also be held on Saturday in Lewistown for all fifth through eighth grade wrestlers. On Sunday, there will be a Little Guy event, called the "Big Spring Brawl," also in Lewistown.

Wolf Point Invitational Individual Results

Tot–

Theo Marks 1st

Jax Pankratz 1st

Kayson Murch 2nd

Newt Knaff 1st

Nora Knodel 1st

Bantam–

Nels Redfield 3rd

Howard Redfield 1st

Silas Hopstad 2nd

Michael Ames 6th

Declan Cochran 4th

Eli Pankratz 5th

Ledger Kaufman 1st

Colt Knaff 1st

Olive Marks 1st

Aurora Markle 2nd

Rylie Reeverts

Brenley Flaten 3rd

Collins Flaten 1st

Midget–

Erickson Cochran 2nd

Dayton Markle 2nd

CJ Sillerud 5th

Jett Morehouse 1st

Orrin Mason 5th

Milo Marks 5th

Buddy Cole 5th

Kase Shumway 4th

Josiah Hernandez 2nd

Rygan Gamas 1st

Porter Hopstad 2nd

Abbey Nyenhuis 4th

Gwen Torres 3rd

Harlee Vandermars 1st

Novice–

Walker Kirkland 1st

Ryker Nixdorf 2nd

Knoxsen Harris 3rd

Ryatt Reeverts 2nd

Benson White 6th

Eli Holinde 3rd

Devon Munroe 1st

Kennedy Flaten 2nd

Lyla Lehner 4th

Josie Hartwell 1st

Madisyn Murch 2nd

Schoolboy/Schoolgirl–

Leighton Chapman 3rd

Khloe Kaufman 2nd

Melinda Cummings 4th

Cadet–

Aubree Holinde 1st

Havre Middle School Individual Results

Taden Sundeen 1st

Hunter Pierce 2nd

Paxton Wesen

Jack Morehouse1st

Saunten Gamas 2nd

DC Flaten 2nd

Alex Earll 1st

Ernie Vandall 3rd

Riley Pattison 2nd

Kylie Aho 1st

Riley Pedersen 2nd

Bailey Dooley 5th

Chloe Lamb 5th

Pre-Pony Rumble Individual Results

Tot–

Rhett Murch 1st

Frank Pattison 2nd

Newt Knaff 1st

Bantam–

Zander Downhour 3rd

Atikis Girard 6th

Taryn Sundeen 2nd

Collins Flaten 1st

Brenley Flaten 1st

Colt Knaff 1st

Midget–

Tate Lehner 1st

CJ Sillerud 4th

Cole Hagenau

Murdock Pattison 2nd

Buddy Cole 5th

TenLea Sundeen 1st

Novice–

Josiah Hernandez 1st

Riley Pattison 2nd

Harlee Vandermars 4th

Lyla Lehner 2nd

Josie Hartwell 1st

Schoolgirl–

Kylie Aho 3rd

Riley Pedersen 1st

Chloe Lamb 1st

Bailey Dooley 3rd