WRESTLING: Whitefish's Lockwood gets call to Montana State Hall of Fame

BOZEMAN — Whitefish resident Jim Lockwood will be inducted into the Montana State University Hall of Fame along with other members of the 1964-66 MSU wrestling teams, which won three straight Big Sky Conference championships.

Lockwood won Big Sky Conference individual championships three of his four years for the Bobcats. A fifth-generation Montanan, he was a star wrestler for Glasgow High School, winning the state title at 103 pounds in his sophomore year for the Scotties in 1960. He was undefeated and unscored upon in dual matches his final three years of high schools, only surrendering points in two losses in the state finals, falling 6-4 each time.

He has lived in Whitefish since 2008, and in retirement has been active with the Whitefish Animal Group and the North Valley Music School, serving as a past president of WAG.

A star-studded list of former Bobcats will join Lockwood and the wrestling teams in the class, including football players Travis Lulay and Jeff Bolton; Nico Harrison (men’s basketball); Christy Otte Stergar and Carrie Damschen Krepps (track and field); Isabel Stubbs (women’s basketball) and the 2001 women’s indoor track and field team.

The induction will be held Jan. 29 at the Strand Union Building.