Area grapplers look to advance to state

Across the state of Montana, it's divisional wrestling weekend and for many of the grapplers along the Hi-Line, that means heading to Shelby for the Northern B-C Divisional tournament.

The tournament, which features teams from the Hi-Line to Great Falls and beyond, will be hosted at Shelby High School and will get underway in the morning. Local teams that will be in action include Chinook, Harlem, Hays-Lodge Pole and Chester-Joplin-Inverness.

Chinook is the prominent local team, as the Sugarbeeters are the two-time defending Class C state champions. The Beeters, who crowned two individual...