It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog and — Brooke Yeadon is all fight.

The Glacier senior wrapped up her third consecutive Western AA divisional title and clinched her spot in the state tournament at First Interstate Bank Arena in Billings starting Thursday, but that's not the only thing she has wrapped. 

Yeadon’s left arm sports a wrap around her elbow when she takes to the mat thanks to a presumed torn UCL, one of two plaguing injuries that she’s faced during her senior year; the other is in her ribs. 

“They’re really long for some reason, so they dislocate,” Yeadon said. 

As for the arm, that injury came about at the Hellgate Invitational in Missoula on Jan. 18 against Bonners Ferry’s Neveah Therrien. 

“I was already puking throughout every one of my matches that day and my mom said ‘let’s just pull you from the finals match,’ “ Yeadon said. “I said no ... so I went out on the mat, and (Therrien) was on top of me and I went to do a move and my arm buckled.” 

X-rays came back negative but doctors think Yeadon tore her UCL, an injury that could take more than a year to heal if Tommy John surgery is required. That hasn’t stopped Yeadon — who is waiting until after the season to have an MRI confirm the injury. 

“It still has pain every day in practice, but I still lead by example,” Yeadon said. “It’s the mindset that we just push, and I show that for the girls (in the wrestling room).” 

Yeadon was introduced to wrestling thanks to her brother Dillon, who wrestled from age 3 through his senior year in high school. 

“Every time I’d see my brother take the mat there was just that excitement.” Yeadon said. “He was always my biggest role model.” 

While Yeadon’s brother was an inspiration, her mother helped her to take to the mat. 

“My dad didn't want me in wrestling,” Yeadon said. “But when my parents got divorced my mom put me in wrestling because I asked her to and she said yes.” 

As Yeadon prepares for her final state meet, she looks to become the Wolfpack’s first four-time placer for the girls program.  

“It’s a huge deal,” Glacier coach Ross Dankers said. “As the sport has gotten better in Montana, so has she.”  

Yeadon’s only loss this season came to Therrien, she’s pinned her opponent in each of her 14 other matches. 

“We are trying to keep it with as little wrestling as possible,” Yeadon said. “My coaches keep saying in-and-out. ... So I go out there, pin them, and get off the mat to go ice my arm and that’s all I really can do.” 

After her high school wrestling career wraps up, Yeadon has no desire to leave the sport, though she plans to take a gap year to heal up before attending college. Then she plans to get into coaching. 

“I really want to become a coach after college, that has been my biggest goal ever since I was younger,” Yeadon said. “Even more than wrestling, I always strived to be that leader in the room.” 

Dankers noted that right from the start, Yeadon came in with a plethora of knowledge. 

“She’s been that consistent steady person that you need in the room,” Dankers said. “We can look to Brooke to do whatever, and other kids see that and realize that they need to be ready whenever their name is called. She was a leader right from the start.”