Bulldog Boys Wrestling
Author: Becky Hunt, MT43 News Sports Correspondent
Bulldog Boys Wrestling
Becky Hunt
MT43 News Sports Correspondent
The team attended the annual CMR Holiday Classic in Great Falls on Friday, December 10th.
This is said to be the toughest tournament around, with all State classes AA, A, and B/C in attendance. The Bulldogs battled it out taking wins and losses.
With no wrestlers advancing to day 2 at CMR, it was onto the Walt and Trudy Currie JV tournament held at Great Falls High on Saturday. This is where the Dawgs came alive.
Sam Flesch, wrestling at 160, took his first W by pin and went on to take his second by pin as well. He went out with 2-2. A great achievement, Sam is a first-time wrestler. I expect he will continue to improve as the season progresses.
When you’ve worked hard and finally get that first win it changes everything. That is the case for Nick Humphreys, wrestling 182. Nick is also new to the mat and got a taste of winning at the Whitehall Duals earlier in the season. At the JV Frosh tournament on Saturday, he went 2-2. Nick's second loss, putting him out, you could see the disappointment - I’m sure we will see more wins from this kid!
Hunter Borror, wrestling at 160, had some tough bouts throughout the day. You could see he was giving it his all, battling it out on top and bottom. Borror ended up going 2-2.
Next up we have Blake Wellenstein cutting from 145 to 138 for this week's tournament, which is a feat in itself. Blake wrestled 3-forfeit due to a shoulder injury, he went out just shy of the semi-finals.
Last, but of course not least, Kaehl Owens. Kaehl wrestles at 152 and is returning to the mat after a few years of absence. You can see his improvement and how it is all coming back to him each week. Kaehl went 4-2 at the JV tournament placing 4th for the 152A bracket.
As always, the Dawgs showed a ton of support for their teammates and were mat-side every win and loss taken. The team will get a little break from competing with the Holiday season upon us. Their next scheduled event will be the Western Duals in Ronan, on January 5/6.
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