03/05/2021
First Montana girls wrestling state tournament!
MHSA Girl’s Wrestling State Tournament at Lockwood High School in Lockwood on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.
JAZMIN GORDER, Poplar wrestling: Jazmin became the State All-Class 113-pound wrestling champion Saturday by pinning senior Rebecca Stroh of Chinook.
Girls wrestling is in its first season as a sanctioned sport by the Montana High School Association.
Overall, there were 11 state champions crowned: Kaylin Taylor, Great Falls, 103; Jazmin Gorder, Poplar, 113; Jessica Gubler, Livingston-Big Timber, 120; Amaiya Kirn, Sidney, 126; Skylar Connelly, Valier, 132; Wahl, Cut Bank, 138; Lily Schultz, Bozeman Gallatin, 145; Kendal Tucker, Billings Senior, 152; Sophia Dulin, Baker, 170; Kassidee Savaria, Billings Skyview, 205; O’Maste Foster, Florence-Carlton, 285.
The team champion was Kalispell Flathead with 142 points. Senior was second with 135 and Cascade third with 68.
Every one of the initial state champions are now part of the Montana wrestling history lore.
Gorder, a junior who has been wrestling for four years, won by fall in 3:08 over Rebecca Stroh of Chinook in the 113-pound title tilt.
Gorder said she joins her father, Chris, in the individual state champion’s club.
She was happy to be bringing a title home to Poplar, saying, “it’s good to bring this back for everyone.”
The two-day state championship weekend will be something Gorder always remembers.
“It honestly feels amazing to have been here and experienced it with my friends,” she said. “It feels good to be in the No. 1 spot. It takes so much work to get there. I wouldn’t have changed it for a thing.”
Photo credit: Missoulian
Chinook's Rebecca Stroh, left, wrestles Poplar's Jazmin Gorder in the 113 pound
