Glacier Bear wrestlers head to their biggest tournament of the year after a boost from the home crowd at last weekend’s Haines tournament.

Former Oregon high school wrestler John Hedrick was among scores residents who turned out at the two-day competition that featured eight teams and 149 matches.

Hedrick said the competition was the first he’d seen in 30 years. “When I used to wrestle there’d be these old, wobbly guys who’d come in the…