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PHOTOS: Flathead, Glacier square off on the mats at crosstown

CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
by CASEY KREIDER
Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | January 9, 2025 7:45 PM

Photos from crosstown wrestling as the Flathead Braves and Glacier Wolfpack squared off on the mats at Flathead High School. The Braves and Bravettes took home 57-21 and 66-6 wins over the Wolfpack.

    Glacier's Nikola Coles and Flathead's Lane Chivers battle at 165 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Julia Kay scoops up Glacier's Ella Labrum at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Dane Lake and Glacier's Sylas Chapman tie up at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Katelyn Sphuler pins Flathead's Ella Counts at 100 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Matthew Ahner wrestles Flathead's Cliff Nance at 175 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Aiden Downing pins Glacier's Jaden Beston at 144 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Kiera Lackey pins Glacier's Kortni Speed at 135 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Jerin Coles wrestles Flathead's Brett Chivers at 150 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Julia Kay scoops up Glacier's Ella Labrum at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Auttem Kostelecky and Flathead's Brynn Mailman square off at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Nikola Coles and Flathead's Lane Chivers battle at 165 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Julia Kay pins Glacier's Ella Labrum at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Bella Downing won by pin over Glacier's Mikaela Julius at 115 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Bella Downing wrestles Glacier's Mikaela Julius at 115 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Mark Ahner and Flathead's Kohen Rilley tie up at 190 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Kohen Rilley wrestles Glacier's Mark Ahner at 190 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Katelyn Sphuler wrestles Flathead's Ella Counts at 100 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Aiden Sweat wrestles Flathead's Dayton Naldrett at 110 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Aiden Sweat wrestles Flathead's Dayton Naldrett at 110 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Dayton Naldrett wrestles Glacier's Aiden Sweat at 110 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Julia Kay scoops up Glacier's Ella Labrum at 125 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Lane Chivers and Glacier's Nikola Coles battle at 165 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Dane Lake and Glacier's Sylas Chapman tie up at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Dane Lake works toward a pin of Glacier's Sylas Chapman at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Dane Lake works toward a pin of Glacier's Sylas Chapman at 157 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Jerin Coles and Flathead's Brett Chivers square off at 150 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Daniel Evert works toward a pin of Glacier's Dillon Sams at 138 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Daniel Evert wrestles Glacier's Dillon Sams at 138 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Hunter Arriaga works toward a pin of Glacier's Wyatt Jensen at 132 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Hunter Arriaga works toward a pin of Glacier's Wyatt Jensen at 132 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Nikola Coles and Flathead's Lane Chivers battle at 165 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Conor LeDuc and Glacier's Chase Chaffin tie up at 215 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead's Conor LeDuc wrestles Glacier's Chase Chaffin at 215 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Glacier's Noah Horn works toward a pin of Flathead's Blane Olsen at 285 pounds at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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