UN-FOUR-GETTABLE!

BILLINGS – It was a tight race, but for the fourth-straight season the Glasgow wrestling team came home with the Class B-C championship at the All-Class State Wrestling Tournament.
Glasgow completed its title defense on Saturday capitalizing on its championship matches to stretch their point total to a comfortable 185-151 win over second-place Townsend. Forsyth finished third with 141.5 and Huntley Project finished fourth with 133.
The wrestling team's 12th team title sets multiple records. Glasgow's championship puts the team into a tie for second most team titles in Montana high school history and the fourth consecutive title is the longest such streak by a Class B-C school.
This is the 30th top-three finish for Glasgow in the state wrestling championships, the most by any school in Montana history. This state title also ties the wrestling team for most state titles in Glasgow High School history.
In addition to the team title, three Scotties won individual titles on Saturday.
Luke Zeiger won the 130-pound championship with a 3-1 victory over Huntley Project's Seth Snyder. This is Zeiger's second state title.
Parker Miller won the 215-pound title by a 7-4 decision over Cut Bank's Brock Calvi.
Tyrel Shumway completed his amazing season with a pin in the finals. The senior heavyweight took the 285-pound title by pinning Harlem's Josh King in 3:19.
Braden Hallock finished second at 119 pounds. Hallock wrestled admirably but was bested by Townsend's undefeated 128-0 Jade Rauser. This was Rauser's third state title.
Earlier in the night, Jacob Bethea, Tucker Holstein and Chaz Hopstad all finished third in their weight classes. Zeb Shawver finished in sixth place. Bethea, who dislocated his elbow in early January, finished his amazing comeback by winning a 6-4 decision in the consolation final.
“As an individual team I couldn't be prouder of these kids,” co-head coach Brady Flaten said, understandably hoarse following two days of rousing action. “It wasn't given to us. I've been telling the kids all year, you can't wait for other teams to help you out, you got to go win the state tournament.”
Though the Scotties finished with a comfortable lead, the title was up for grabs for most of the tournament. Following the first day, Glasgow was up only seven points on Huntley Project and halfway through the second day Townsend crept within two points of the lead.
“The pressure was on,” Flaten said. “We knew Townsend, we knew Huntley (Project) were going to be on our tails today. We just came out and suffocated them right away … We wrestled almost as good of a tournament as we could have. I'm just really proud of the kids.”
The Scotties started the tournament slowly, losing three of their first six matches, but got on a roll by the end of Day 1 on Friday. Glasgow held the lead with 88 points, narrowly in front of Huntley Project, with 81 points and sent 9-of-11 wrestlers to the second day, the most by any Class B-C school.
That edge in numbers was ultimately what sent the Scotties over the top, but early on Saturday the score got really close. Townsend, which sent five wrestlers to the championship finals, came within two points of the lead, trailing only 144-142.
That lead was ultimately erased as the Scotties placed four wrestlers in the consolation rounds and took a 14-point lead into the final. Townsend fell in the point score when one of its wrestlers was disqualified from the tournament for misconduct, taking with him his 19 points he earned during the tournament.
With the three Scotties claiming championships, the win was eventually stretched well beyond reach, giving the Scotties the victory 185-151, and securing Glasgow's place in history.
“These guys came a long way,” co-head coach Byron Hallock said. “We only had 14 kids come out for wrestling this year and out of that 14 we were able to bring 11 to the state tournament. Out of the 11 we placed eight, that's incredible. There's no other team that can say that.”
The seniors, who never lost as a team in the Metra, drove the team this year, even as the Scotties wrestled with a short roster.
“They were on a mission from the start and nothing held them back,” Hallock said. “Overall, these guys are tremendous. They were going to win four no matter what. I couldn't be prouder.”
Elsewhere in Class B-C, Poplar's Hunter Azure received a standing ovation from the sold-out MetraPark crowd shortly after pinning Conrad's Johnny Schlosser in the 145-pound championship. This was Azure's fourth state title, making the senior only the 17th wrestler in Montana high school history to win four individual state championships. The last wrestlers to complete the feat were Sidney's Jesse Obergfell and Cascade-Simms' Ryan Leonard in 2007.