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Come by and see us. We are in the Wrestling Room at McLean M/W from 3:30-5pm.
Come by and see us. We are in the Wrestling Room at McLean M/W from 3:30-5pm.
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IMPORTANT Upcoming Dates
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Bringing home some hardware from the Westfield Takedown Tournament
Senior Night: Langley vs McLean
photos courtesy of Kent Arnold-Hero Moment, and Senior-James Ross. More available for download or purchase here.
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James Murray(152lbs) wins 2021 Mustang Holiday Classic
McLean finishes in 2nd place as a team.
126-Jalen Holliday, 132-Luke Felix, 145-BOSS, 195-Brigham DeVore, 220-Lawrence Bullock, 285-Luke Dettleff all finished in 2nd place.
120-Michael D'Avena, 170-Will Lewey finished in 3rd place.
126-Jalen Holliday, 132-Luke Felix, 145-BOSS, 195-Brigham DeVore, 220-Lawrence Bullock, 285-Luke Dettleff all finished in 2nd place.
120-Michael D'Avena, 170-Will Lewey finished in 3rd place.
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Brigham DeVore
Full-Time Student... Part-Time chef... All-State Wrestler... self-proclaimed Burger aficionado... and now...Hype man before football games. |
A post-tournament staple for us has always been Pierce's Pitt on the way home...
(no more weight to manage!)
(no more weight to manage!)
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McLean Wrestlers headed down to the Beach!
Highlanders both finish with All-State honors and bring home medals in their third year with the program.
Brigham DeVore finishes in third place at 195lbs. Nathan Fishman finishes in fifth place at 182lbs. Both winning their final match of the season Very Strong!
Brigham DeVore finishes in third place at 195lbs. Nathan Fishman finishes in fifth place at 182lbs. Both winning their final match of the season Very Strong!
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There's something *special* about Virginia Beach in February...
Nathan Fishman *REGION CHAMPION* at 182lbs
...has a nice ring to it...
Brigham DeVore -Region Runner-upOne year after tearing his ACL in the same tournament, Brigham wrestles his way into the Region Finals. Falling short in the finals, he quickly bounced back to defeat 3rd place opponent, claim "true second" and punched his ticket to the State Tournament.
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Team Pic at the 2021 Region Tournament
New COVID Wrestling Room for 2020-2021
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This actually may be our preferred new look for Coach Jackson!
Work Hard. Play Hard. Coaches took the boys out to IHOP after the season
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Class of 2020 goes out with a big win over Langley at Senior Night!
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McLean Wrestles until 12:30am at Grapple at the Brook in Silver Spring, MD due to Fairfax County cancelling activities for Saturday, day 2 of the tournament.
Nathan Fishman wins the Tommy Legge Memorial Tournament at 170lbs
Liberty District Tournament
Congratulations to Washington-Lee High School for winning their second straight Liberty District Championship ahead of McLean finishing second. McLean claims three district championships and advances 11 of their 13 wrestlers to next week's Region Tournament.
It’s ok to be rivals on the mat, but no reason why we can’t respect each other off of it! Great job by both McLean and Langley at today’s Liberty District Wrestling Tournament and congrats to Coach Mye on winning Coach of the Year!
120lbs Liberty District Champion
Ethan Scurlock |
132lbs Liberty District Champion
Zach Chung |
138lbs Liberty District Champion
Yazeed Salameh |
Sophomore, Ethan Dehghan
106lbs - 3rd place |
Junior, Justin Dehghan
113lbs - 2nd place |
Senior, Justus Porter
126lbs - 4th place |
Junior, Ryan McMahon
145lbs - 4th place |
Junior, Sooren Ghodsi
152lbs - 4th |
Freshman, Nathan Fishman
160lbs - 3rd place |
Sophomore, Christian Carroll
170lbs - 4th place |
Senior, George Heard
195lbs - 4th place |
30th Annual NOVA CLASSIC
Sophomore, Ethan Scurlock places 6th in the NOVA Classic this year at 126-lbs.
Senior, Zach Chung finishes 5th at 132-lbs. defeating two other wrestlers on the podium. Congrats to these three former Lions, and Liberty Mat Club wrestlers at 132-lbs. Zach Chung-McLean finishing 5th, Mark Barakat-Marshall finishing 4th, and Conor Regan-TJ finishing 7th.
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Congrats Loranzo!Long-time Liberty Mat Club wrestler, Loranzo Rajaonarivel from Wakefield HS as he is voted the Jackie Fitterer Outstanding Wrestler award winner of the NOVA Classic. He was the 160-lbs Champion.
Freshman, Nathan Fishman finishes in 6th place at 170-lbs in his first NOVA Classic
Junior, Danny McMahon places 8th at 138lbs at NOVA Classic
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McLean Wrestlers take care of business, during school.
In a first for McLean, we competed against Bishop O'Connell in the beautiful Koons Athletic Center during school at 1:30pm on Wednesday, December 5th. An amazing atmosphere as the student body came down to support their wrestling team! McLean wins after getting out to a huge 39-0 lead. Starts the season 1-0 in Team competition.
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McLean Wrestling program giving back in the community to help Rise Against Hunger!
Continuing one of our favorite annual traditions of giving back. McLean Wrestling, along with Phil Chung of Chung & Press, team up to help with the Rise Against Hunger event in McLean where they package 100,000+ meals to help those in need before the season starts.
The team gets to meet Cael Sanderson
Annual team picture with the Nittany Lion
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Bo Nickal looking on as Yazeed Salameh wins a match to move on in the tournament
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The "Magic Man" David Taylor speaks to the group at the beginning of camp
Yet another wrestler takes home Outstanding Male Athlete
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Calvin Zug becomes the 4th consecutive winner representing McLean Wrestling joining the likes of Brendan Grammes, Conor Grammes, and Gavin Legg... |
Cover BoyOur own Calvin Zug graces the cover of the McLean Connection. Photo taken of his victory celebration after securing his 2nd Liberty District Championship.
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Senior Captain, Calvin Zug, falls short in 5-2 Region Finals match at 132lbs. against Battlefield's Jackson Burns. Heading to State Tournament next week in Virginia Beach
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Freshman, Ethan Scurlock, places 5th at 106lbs to become an All-Region Wrestler and alternate in the state tournament.
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Senior, Calvin Zug, wins second Liberty District Championship!
Sophomore, Ethan Newman, returns from broken leg suffered early in the season to place third in the Liberty District at 152lbs.
Junior, Justus Porter, fills in at 126lbs and takes third in the Liberty District moving on to the Region Tournament.
Under-sized Sophomore, Danny McMahon, places third in Liberty District at 138lbs.
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Sophomore, Ryan McMahon, places third at 120lbs.
Freshman, Ethan Scurlock, runner-up at 106lbs.
Manager Sam Therriault has some help keeping score from Coach Mills' son Aidan
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McLean takes second as a team in the JV Liberty District TournamentJunior, first-year wrestler, Nehemie Kabasele (pictured) 138lbs. champion. Fellow Junior, Justus Porter, wins at 126lbs.
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Peggy Zeng, All-State Wrestler in the girls tournament
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Senior, Peggy Zeng, is the first female wrestler to complete a season for the Highlanders. Peggy wrestles up a weight class and places 4th for All-State honors in the girls tournament.
Newest Member of the Century Club: Calvin Zug!
In his fourth year wrestling on a stacked Varsity lineup, the former Conference Champion and 4 year starter becomes the member of the "Century Club" with 100 varsity victories. We are proud of the former Lions Wrestler, now team Captain. He followed up the celebration with an encouraging speech for his (all underclassmen) teammates. Congratulations to Calvin and the Zug Family all in Ashburn for the event with the chance of it happening today. Cal didn't disappoint as he finished the match in Tech/Pin fashion! The team was hyped!
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Battle at the Bridge.
Calvin Zug excites the crowd and the team with this move...
Two long days, you have to get your rest where you can... (Camera is always watching)
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Another member of the Youth Movement: Freshman, Bryce Molnar stepped up over winter break filling in with a few wins. Here he secures his first Varsity Tech Fall victory.
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Senior - Calvin Zug takes 5th at 138lbs, Freshman - Ethan Scurlock places 7th
The boys arrive at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, TN
The team relaxing between rounds
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What is McMahon actually doing here....?
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Coach Jackson talking to the boys after a tough win
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Logan and Zach decided to make some bold wardrobe changes to bring back from Gatlinburg, TN
As the threat of snows turns the NOVA CLASSIC into a one day event; Highlanders place 4
After the threat of snow, the tournament was shrunk to accommodate a one day event. If you made the quarterfinals; you remained in the tournament. If you've lost just one match; you were all of a sudden eliminated. Even with the tough luck event, the Highlanders brought back 4 medals. 106lb FRESHMAN - Ethan Scurlock (7th), 126lb Junior - Justus Porter (7th), 132lb Junior - Zach Chung (8th), 138lb Senior - Calvin Zug (4th). (No podium pics due to the weather changes)
First event of the year!
The youth movement begins with the entire JV team getting behind Deji Femi-Pearse cheering as he secures the takedown in the final match of the night.
The newly permitted uniforms have arrived.
Bring in your check for $85 made out to McLean Wrestling to get to keep yours.
2017 Red & Silver Match - Alumni Appreciation Event
McLean Wrestling program thriving with the largest team in decades. Highlanders roster exceeds 50+ for the first time with only 2 returning Seniors. The youth movement has arrived, but these alumni are making them earn it. We were extremely thankful to have all of the McLean Wrestling Alumni in the house to join us for the showcase and luncheon. As the McLean Wrestling Family continues to grow, we hope this event continues to grow as well.
Ryan and Danny McMahon, cousins of former McLean Wrestling standout and current D-1 wrestler at Clarion University, teamed up for a 2 against 1 match that was a good way for Cochise to work off Thanksgiving dinner before reporting back to practice.
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Current Big East Standout Baseball Player & Two-Time State Champion Conor Grammes returns to excite the crowd and remind former teammate(now Junior) Captain, Yazeed Salameh how it's done. A passing of the torch.
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McLean Wrestling Alumni in attendance.
6 State Championships and 16 individual District Championships represented |
The youngest member of the McLean Wrestling Family is ready for the season to get under way!
Born in the off-season, Aidan Michael Mills, son of Coach Mills and his wife, sporting the gear the team got him at the end of last season.
Wade Schalles coming to McLean!
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We are honored to be hosting one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Wade will be conducting a clinic for the McLean HS and Lions youth wrestlers from August 21-24, 2017 in the upper gym.
Wade is an alumni of Clarion University of Pennsylvania; where Cochise is currently competing and representing our program. He's been an NCAA National Champion with 100+ career pins, as well as a World Champion. We couldn't be more grateful to have him share his knowledge with us! |
Another successful camp with our friends up at PSU
A dozen LMC wrestlers went up to learn from the NCAA National Champions and Olympians at Penn State University.
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McLean well-represented in the State Finals
McLean finished 12th place as a team
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Gavin Legg at 170lbs, becomes the first Highlander to be a three-time State Finalist.
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Brendan Grammes reaches state finals in back-to-back years.
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Brendan Grammes becomes winningest wrestler in the history of McLean High School finishing with TWO STATE TITLES and a career record of 186-16!
(surpassing his brother, Conor Grammes', previous record of 184-17)
(surpassing his brother, Conor Grammes', previous record of 184-17)
2017 6A State Champions
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Brendan Grammes, 152lbs State Champion. (Second State Championship)
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Annual trip to Buffalo Wild Wings Tradition continues... Tommy Lee stepped up to the challenge.
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Boys resting up on the way down to States...
Region 6A North
Highlanders finish 7th in the Region; qualify 4 for the 6A State Tournament along with one alternate. Senior Alex Wassel joins the Century Club en route to his 3rd place finish at 106lbs. Junior Calvin Zug finishes 6th place at 132lbs to qualify for the state tournament. Sophomore Yazeed Salameh finished 7th place at 126lbs and will be an alternate. Seniors, Gavin Legg (170lbs.) and Brendan Grammes (152lbs.) both win their second Regional Championships. Brendan Grammes awarded the 6A North Outstanding Wrestler!
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Conference Champion!
#1 seed, Alex Wassel, claims his first conference championship after three first period pins. Wassel did not allow a conference opponent to score against him this season. Sealing his 99th Varsity win with a 0:57 pin over Langley's Nikhil Patel.
3x Conference ChampionGavin Legg wins his 3rd Conference title in a row with his 108th victory.
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"Four-Timer"Brendan Grammes claims his 4th Conference title on his chase of McLean High School's all-time wins record (184) with his 179th win.
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Front Page News:
McLean's Conference Champion, Calvin Zug, featured on the cover of the Sun Gazette after McLean defeats James Madison, Washington-Lee, Fairfax, and Yorktown High Schools during Saturday's event at Fairfax High School. Yazeed Salameh started off the event with a bloody battle against Madison on his way to a tech-pin victory.
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Local Celebrity?ABC 7 News is doing a segment about senior, Gavin Legg. ABC's Scott Abraham came in to interview Gavin and Coach Jackson, as well as film some of the practice on Thursday.
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First Varsity Win
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Drew Stieg with his first Varsity WIN in his first event. Filling in for the starter, Drew comes through with a Pinfall victory and helps the team overcome Chantilly HS.
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Heeee's Baaaaaackkk...
Cleared after missing over a month... Gavin Legg has been cleared by the doctors to return to action.
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McLean seniors recognized before defeating the 11x State Champions, Manassas Park 47-30
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McLean's JV dubbed "The Wrecking Crew"
With only 11 guys, The Wrecking Crew brings home third place trophy at the Jim Mon Memorial JV Invitational held at Washington-Lee High School.
Brendan Grammes wins Battle at the Bridge
McLean, missing 4 senior starters, finishes 11th out of 30 teams to finish off 2016. Alex Wassel - 106, Zach Chung - 126, Tommy Lee - 138, & Will Salt - HWT all had stellar showings adding to the 152lbs Champion, Brendan Grammes, at Battle at the Bridge. Starters Shaan Malhotra - 113, Oscar Auza - 145, Gavin Legg - 182, Yazeed Salameh - 126 and Geoffrey Goldenhorn -220 did not compete in the event.
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McLean takes 6th in 2016 NOVA Classic
With 5 placers, and 3 in the finals...McLean takes 6th as a team.
152lbs Champion - Brendan Grammes 106lbs Runner-up - Alex Wassel 182lbs Runner-up - Gavin Legg 285lbs 5th Place - Will Salt 220lbs 8th Place - Geoffrey Goldenhorn |
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ANOTHER CENTURY CLUB MEMBER!
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After two trips to the State Finals, Gavin Legg reaches the 100 WINS mark! McLean's 10th wrestler in the school's history to reach this difficult feat. With a career record to date of 100-26 he moves on to the NOVA Classic Semi-Finals.
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Eric Monday Memorial Foundation - Charity Tri
McLean vs Robinson vs West Springfield
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3rd Annual Red & Silver Match a success!
The alumni ends up 0-3 after being defeated by our current wrestlers. The Lions' youth matches kicked things off with appearances from a couple members of the Johnson Family, among other future highlanders wrestlers. Followed by another dramatic Wanzer twins battle (in luchador wrestling masks). From there, our beginners got their first taste of action. Oscar Auza defeated brother Roberto Auza after Roberto had a run-in with the trash can. Gavin Legg defeated Forrest Stieg, and Brendan Grammes defeated his 2x state champion brother, Conor Grammes. An overall success and fantastic to see the dozens of alumni that made it back to watch! (Next year, remember to stay for the group photo! )
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McLean Wrestling honored by McLean Delegate
Delegate Rip Sullivan of McLean presented the 2015-2016 wrestling team with Commendation agreed upon by the House of Delegates and the Senate.
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NCAA Signing Day
McLean Wrestling is proud to announce All-State wrestler, Cochise Wanzer III, will continue his wrestling career at Clarion University of PA in NCAA Division 1. Clarion has a new fanbase in Northern Virginia.
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McLean finishes 4th in Virginia 6A!
Crowns TWO STATE CHAMPIONS! 5 all-state wrestlers!
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McLean finishes 4th in Region 6A North as a team!
McLean crowns THREE Region Champions, Brendan Grammes (jr) - 138lbs., Conor Grammes(sr) - 160lbs., Gavin Legg (jr) - 170lbs. Also, taking two third place award winners; Mack McCune (sr) - 182lbs, and Cochise Wanzer (sr) - 195lbs. Taking 5 to Virginia Beach for the State Tournament. Good Luck Gentlemen!
Team Sportsmanship Award
Team Sportsmanship Award
BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS!
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Grapple at the Brook - Team Runner-Up
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Missing both Shaan Malhotra (113) & 4th seeded Calvin Zug (120) due to illness, riding McLean's 5 finalists, the team earns another 2nd place finish to Whitman HS. Conor Grammes wins his 3rd Grapple at the Brook Championship. Mack McCune and Brendan Grammes each earning their 2nd back-to-back Championship. Gavin Legg falls 1 point short in a regular decision to Whitman HS in the Finals to finish 2nd place. The much awaited return of Cochise Wanzer sees him atop the podium with his 195lb. 1st Place finish. Ethan Guenther also takes home a medal with a strong 3rd place finish after losing only to Roosevelt's 220lb champion, ranked #2 by Washington Post - Chibueze Onwuka.
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David Wells Memorial Duals Tournament @ Louisa County HSHighlanders competed in a 16-team Duals event this past weekend going 6-1. Missing starting 126 & 195, they made it to the finals against Patrick Henry (Roanoke) and fell short 39-34. The finals match was full of excitement going back and forth as the Highlanders were up 34-33 going into the final match of the weekend. A great performance by both teams. Congrats to Patrick Henry HS!
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2015 Battle at the Bridge
McLean crowns new all-time wins king!
At the Smokey Mountain Duals in Gatlinburg, TN, Conor Grammes ties and breaks the all-time record for Varsity Wins at McLean HS previously held by Troy Hayre (142). Finishes the event with career record of 147-17.
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2015 NOVA Classic
Team Runner-Up, Three Champions, 9 Medalists
Brendan Grammes - 138lbs. Champion (2x), Conor Grammes - 160lbs. Champion, Cochise Wanzer - 195lbs. Champion
McLean's Century Club adds three new members!
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Brendan Grammes, Junior
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Cochise Wanzer, Senior
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Mack McCune, Senior
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Opening Day at the Park
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Inaugural Red & Silver Match a huge success!A big thank you to everyone that came out to support us as we showcased the talented student athletes in the McLean community. We had a packed house! The "Lions" and the "Force" youth wrestling programs were well represented with 5 matches. A barn-burner between the Wanzer twins with a 12-11 finish. We had 11 matches battled after that. Including a mystery guest that got his "second wind" late in the match, but still falling to Brendan Grammes. And capped it all off with a tough fought 1-0 victory between Conor Grammes and Gavin Legg. It was great to see all of the alumni and community come out to support the Highlanders' wrestlers. Can't wait to do it again next year! |
Conor Grammes - 152lb. 6A State Champion
McLean Wrestling - 7th in the State
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Gavin Legg - 160lb. 6A State Runner-up
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Congrats to Region Champions: Conor Grammes (2x) & Mack McCune
170lbs. Region 6A North Champion - Mack McCune
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152lbs. Region 6A North Champion - Conor Grammes (2x Region Champ)
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McLean taking SIX to states! |
Top 5 in 6A North
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2015 LIBERTY CONFERENCE 6 CHAMPIONS!!!!!
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Conor Grammes joins CENTURY CLUB
Junior, Conor Grammes, captures his 100th win this week on his way to winning the Battle at the Bridge 24-man tournament. Only the 6th wrestler in McLean's history to reach such a feat. He joins Jason and Justin Johnson, Troy Hayre, Jeremy Bussard and former teammate Forrest Stieg.
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McLean ties highest finish taking 8th at Nova Classic!
Brendan Grammes, Nova Classic Champion at 126lbs.
Cochise Wanzer locks up 3rd place at 182lbs with a pin in 2nd period |
7 Medalists!
Gavin Legg takes 6th place after falling in 3OT match at 160lbs.
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Eric Johnston takes 8th as backup at 126lbs.
After leading 6-0 in the third period of the 152lbs finals, Conor Grammes forced to medical default into 2nd place.
Mack McCune take 7th at 170lbs.
Danny Rayes places 8th at 132lbs. |
Ray Lewis inducted into National Wrestling Hall of Fame,
Former State Champion Wrestler
2013 LIBERTY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
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Forrest Stieg - Liberty District Outstanding Wrestler
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Conor Grammes - Northern Region Champion
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Grammes boys claiming the hardware. Conor winning the Rumble in the Jungle and being named Co-OW. Brendan winning the Battle at the Bridge.
All-State Wrestler, Conor Grammes
After going 3-2 at the Virginia AAA State Tournament, Conor Grammes, takes home a medal for placing 7th. The tournament was held in Norfolk, VA at Oscar Smith High School.
After a tremendous High School wrestling career, McLean's 2nd state qualifier, Forrest Stieg, had a solid showing going 1-2. Falling one match shy of medaling. He finished his 4th season with 110 total career victories. He is only the 5th wrestler in McLean High School history to reach such a tremendous feat.
After a tremendous High School wrestling career, McLean's 2nd state qualifier, Forrest Stieg, had a solid showing going 1-2. Falling one match shy of medaling. He finished his 4th season with 110 total career victories. He is only the 5th wrestler in McLean High School history to reach such a tremendous feat.
McLean places 8th in Northern Region Tournament.
 Freshman Region Champ!One week after claiming his first Liberty District Championship, Conor Grammes wins his first Northern Region Championship in his first year in High School. Along the way, Grammes did not allow a single point to be scored against him en route to his 45th victory of the season in the Regional Finals.
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 3rd Place FinishForrest Stieg places third at the Northern Region Tournament. Stieg never trailed in a single match throughout the entire tournament. Following an unfortunate circumstance, Forrest was DQ'd in the quarterfinals while leading 12-1. Overcoming the DQ, Stieg wrestled his way through 5 wrestlers to reach 3rd place, and a gain his way to the State Tournament.
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McLean Wins 2013 Liberty District Championship!!!!
Only entering 12 wrestlers into the tournament, the Highlanders put 6 wresters in the finals, taking 4 District Championships, and 2 District Runners-up, along with 4 other placers. The Highlanders' 10 medalists qualify for the Northern Region Tournament.
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 152lb. Liberty District Champion |
 120lb. Liberty District Champion |
 145lb. Liberty District Champion |
 106lb. Liberty District Champion |
McLean Senior Captain, Forrest Stieg (152lbs),
voted Outstanding Wrestler at Liberty District Tournament
