A team that travels and competes together becomes like a family, and the Grundy wrestling squad rallied around the Tresea Lee family.
    Grundy notched a pair of dual meet wins Saturday, defeating Hidden Valley, 59-9, and Brookville, 56-9, in a four-team match that pitted two Southwest District teams, including Abingdon, against the other two clubs. The Falcons lost to Brookville, 37-28, and suffered a 41-24 setback at the hands of Hidden Valley.
    The Golden Wave also picked up two SWD wins last week and remain unbeaten in dual meets. Grundy crushed Carroll County, 65-12, and whipped Richlands, 62-15, in action Wednesday at Tazewell. 
    Kaleb Smith spoke for his teammates after avenging a Jan. 26 loss to Nathan Shuler with a 10-0, major decision over Brookville’s 145-pounder. Smith took command quickly, getting a 5-0 lead, battled a bloody nose through the entire second period, and moved quickly again to put Shuler on his back, and the match out of Shuler’s reach, early in the third and final period.

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    The Grundy Lady Wave dropped three games last week, two in Southwest District play.
    Tazewell edged Grundy, 61-58, on Tuesday. Clintwood handed the Lady Wave a 39-35, non-district setback at Grundy on Wednesday.
    On Saturday, Carroll County thumped the Lady Wave, 55-31, in SWD play at Hillsville.
    Holly Bowman tossed in a game-high 30 points and Ashley Riley added 14 points at Tazewell, where a fourth quarter rally fell a little short for the Lady Wave.
     The Lady Bulldogs (8-9, 3-4) got 18 points from Brittany Muncy, 14 from Kelsey Sutherland and 11 points from Tracy Muncy. Tazewell was just 10-of-25 from the free throw line.
    Kristin Mullins’ three-point play in the last 15 seconds gave Clintwood the lead for good in a 39-35 non-district win at Grundy Wednesday night.
    Mullins finished with a game-high 23 points for the Lady Greenwave (13-3). Ashley Cvetnich added 10 points, including two free throws that sealed the game.

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