Chester's Riggin, Havre's Bold among students receiving Blewett wrestling scholarship

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Savannah Riggin of Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School and Reinhard Bold of Havre High School were among north-central Montana students awarded scholarships due to their performance in wrestling.

Alexander “Zander” Blewett III, a trial lawyer from the personal injury law firm of Hoyt and Blewett PLLC in Great Falls, Montana, has awarded $500 Scholarships to the top student-athlete wrestlers in north-central Montana from four schools in north-central Montana who have displayed the best combined qualities of wrestling and academic achievement.

Students are eligible from schools in Augusta, Cascade, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, Chinook, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Fairfield, Fort Benton, Great Falls, Havre, Highwood, Shelby, Simms and Valier.

Savannah Riggin placed at the state tournament for the CJI Hawks her sophomore and junior years, placing fifth and third, and maintained a 3.54 GPA. Riggin intends to study exercise science/applied health sciences at Montana State University-Northern.

Bold of Havre High School placed at state three times for the Blue Ponies, with fifth-, second- and third-place finishes and earned a 3.92 GPA. He will attend Montana State University-Northern, where he will study ag operations and technologies.

Also earning scholarships in north-central Montana were William Mishler of Simms High School. He placed at state his senior year and maintained a 3.76 GPA. Mishler intends to study accounting at the University of Montana.

Emmett McCoy Banner of Fairfield High School also received a scholarship. Banner was a state champion his senior year and a four-time state qualifier, all while maintaining a 3.35 GPA. Schoen intends to study business and economics at Ripon College in Wisconsin.

Blewett also offers statewide Blewett wrestling scholarship which provide three $1,000 scholarships to the top student/wrestlers around the state of Montana for Classes AA, A, and B/C.

For more information regarding the Blewett Statewide Wrestling Scholarship and Blewett North Central Montana Wrestling Scholarship, people can visit https://www.hoytblewett.com/community/blewett-statewide-wrestling-scholarships and https://www.hoytblewett.com/community/blewett-north-central-montana-wrestling-scholars .