By Jim Kolka
The Broadus AAU wrestlers descended on the Metra Park in Billings last Friday for three days of hard wrestling. Altogether for Broadus there were 14 boys and 3 girls out of around 1500 total wrestlers. Some of the brackets were enormous and others were modest, but the level of competition was impressive.
With twelve mats going at once there was never a dull moment. The lone champion was Tizer Barnhart, making short work of both opponents. The biggest bracket warrior was Kreed Graff, wrestling ten matches, many of which were overtime thrillers to place 6th out of 50. Landon Williams, who can always keep the crowd interested, won 5 exciting close matches, losing only 2 matches to last year’s state champ from Kalispell. Mesa Graff was the lone silver medal, winning an exciting true second place challenge match 12-11. The coaches and parents were extremely proud of the kids, and would like to thank everyone who supported them this season. (ed: check out this week's photo gallery for pictures from the event.)
State results
Carson Williams-4th place 2 wins 2 losses, Kreed Graff-6th place 7-3, Frank Schoonover 3-2, Landon Williams 4th place 5-2, Mason Kolka 3rd place 5-2, Bohannon Goggin 2-2, Tizer Barnhart 1st place 2-0, Gunner Pluhar 3-2, Cody Draine 1-2, Thane Kolka 5th place 4-2, Monte Goggin 1-2, Jesse Barnhart 3rd place 2-2, Mesa Graff 2nd place 4-1, Cole Draine 5th place 3-2, Brayden Stoddard-Terrill 0-2, Hazel Kinzer 6th 1-3, and Bonita Kinzer 0-2.
Results from previous meets:
Terry dual
On February 22 Terry came down for an evening of wrestling. There was a total of 33 matches, with the home team winning 20. The biggest grin of the night was Elena Ostendorf after pinning her opponent in just 12 seconds. Boone Kinzer started his career off with a pin and a grin as well. Landon Williams won an exciting 11-9 overtime match, and Gunner Pluhar locked up his favorite move for a late match pin.
Baker Feb. 24
Boone Kinzer-2nd, Myla Gatlin-2nd, Dolly Randall-4th, Hazel Kinzer-2nd, Cole Draine-2nd, Tyler Jurica-4th, Bonita Kinzer-2nd. Also wrestling hard and winning matches were Patrick Handran, Clinton Handran, Wesley Kinzer, Bohannon Goggin, Monte Goggin, Frank Schoonover, Cody Draine, Henry Schoenbeck, and Trey Harmon.
Colstrip Feb. 25
Boone Kinzer 6th, Porter Talcott-1st, Lincoln Ostendorf 3rd, Elena Ostendorf-2nd Marilyn Gatlin-4th, Rowdy Ryan-4th, Mason Kolka-2nd, Tizer Barnhart-1st, Kreed Graff-1st, Wesley Kinzer-4th, Mesa Graff-2nd, Sophie Ostendorf-1st, Myla Gatlin-2nd, Hazel Kinzer-2nd, Gunner Pluhar-3rd, Trey Harmon-2nd, Gary Gatlin-2nd, Monte Goggin-3rd, Jesse Barnhart-1st, Sawyer Ostendorf-2nd, Cody Draine-2nd, Thane Kolka-1st, Randen Bilbrey-4th, Cole Draine-1st, Tyler Jurica-3rd, Collin Weatherall-2nd, and Bonita Kinzer-2nd.
Broadus Invitational-March 2
Our hometown tournament was a great success, thank you to everyone involved! We had a total of 170 wrestlers, with Miles City winning the team trophy, and Baker winning 2nd. Broadus had 41 wrestlers entered, but a flu bug caused several to withdraw. Landon Williams won the outstanding wrestler award, a fancy handmade belt buckle donated by Grant Gatlin. It was quite a prize to win, each club had one vote.
Lincoln Ostendorf-3rd, Boone Kinzer-2nd, Porter Talcott-1st, Carson Williams-3rd, Kreed Graff-1st, Wesley Kinzer-3rd, Bohannon Goggin-2nd, Landon Williams-2nd, Tizer Barnhart-1st, Elena Ostendorf-1st, Ali Rumph-3rd, Gunner Pluhar-4th, Cody Draine-5th, Trey Harmon-2nd, Randen Bilbrey-4th, Gary Gatlin-3rd, Monte Goggin-2nd, Jesse Barnhart-3rd, Mesa Graff-1st, Sadie Rumph-1st, Dolly Randall-2nd, Clinton Handran-5th, Cole Draine-1st, Sophie Ostendorf-2nd, and Tyler Jurica-1st. Also wrestling hard were Eli Damm, Frank Schoonover, Rowdy Ryan, Quinn Barbero, Hunter Kramme, Patrick Handran, Paul Denny, Marilyn Gatlin, Sawyer Ostendorf, Hazel Kinzer, and Quian Blakeman.
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