Grundy Senior High School

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Grundy High School
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Address
Grundy Senior High School
1300 Goldenwave Dr.

Grundy
,
Virginia
24614

United States
Coordinates 37°16′59.16″N82°6′53.28″W / 37.2831000°N 82.1148000°W / 37.2831000; -82.1148000
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School typePublic high school
Founded1963
School district Buchanan County Public Schools
SuperintendentMelanie Hibbitts
PrincipalKaren Brown
Faculty See Here
Grades9–12
Enrollment362 (2020-21) [1]
Language English
Color(s)  Navy &   Gold
Athletics conferenceVHSL Class 1
VHSL Region D
VHSL Black Diamond District
MascotWave Man
Rival Schools Christiansburg High School, Hurley High School, Twin Valley High School
Website Official Site

Grundy High School is a public high school located east of Grundy, Virginia on Slate Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia. It is part of the Buchanan County Public Schools system. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's Black Diamond District in the Region D Conference. Grundy is a National Blue Ribbon School.

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Following the closing of Grundy Junior High at the end of the 1994-1995 school year, the High School's name was changed from Grundy Senior High School to Grundy High School. [2]

Wrestling

The school is renowned for its wrestling program, which has won 27 state championships, [3] the most of any high school in Virginia, and has been ranked nationally. Grundy has produced more than 80 individual state champions. [3]

State Wrestling Tournament
ClassFinishYear(s)
AAFirst1978, 1987-1998, 2000, 2001
AASecond2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011
AFirst2012, 2013
2AFirst2014, 2016, 2017
2ASecond2015
1First2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Current Iowa State University wrestling coach Kevin Dresser was the head coach 1989-1996. Travis Fiser has been the head coach since 1997. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grundy High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ "History of Grundy High School - Grundy High (GHS)". ghs.bcpsk12.com. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. 1 2 "VHSL Record Book". Virginia High School League.
  4. ↑ "Travis Fiser has continued winning tradition at Grundy, has found home in coalfields of Southwest Virginia". Bristol Herald Courier.
  5. ↑ Parrish, Nancy (1999). Lee Smith, Annie Dillard, and the Hollins Group: A Genesis of Writers. Louisiana State University Press. p. 170. ISBN   9780807142356.
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