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Mead High School’s Student News

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Morgan McDonald ('26) represents Mead Girls Wrestling, scoring a takedown.

Mead girls wrestling creates new opportunities for female athletes to be both ‘beautiful and tough’

Addy Mooradian, Writer October 18, 2024

Girls wrestling as a sport has been struggling to gain traction for a while now, as the sport itself has remained fairly small. Only in recent years has a girls district wrestling team been introduced...

Otto Black truly took the words on the “#BeAChampion” door in the F-wing to heart.

Former MHS wrestler, Otto Black, earns silver in Men’s U20 Greco-Roman World Championship

Lars Messmer, Editor in Chief September 24, 2024

PONTEVEDRA, Spain — Spain, a land of wonder and beauty… and most importantly: wrestling. And what happened in Pontevedra on September 3 will permanently go down in Mead Wrestling history. Otto Black...

Deakan Disanti enjoyed his wrestling career, starting back in seventh grade.

Where are They Going?: Deakan Disanti

Raef VonBrutt, Writer April 13, 2024

Deakan Disanti (‘24) plans on working after high school and joining the Marine Corps, something that his family had wanted him to explore as a career. His interest has always been physical education,...

Jake and his mom pose for senior photos.

Wrestler Jake Glade demonstrates how hard work truly does pay off

Kannon Garcia, Writer January 23, 2024

Mead wrestler Jake Glade (‘24) announced his commitment to Western Wyoming Community College on November 22nd, 2023. Glade has been wrestling since the age of four and grew up in the wrestling world...

Kannon Garcia (‘24) sizing up Windsor opponent.

The Dual: a photo essay

Tyler Reyburn, Writer January 2, 2024

Bowling IV gets his hand raised after a victory.

Mead Wrestler Leister Bowling announces commitment to University of Iowa

Kannon Garcia, Writer November 29, 2023

On the evening of Nov. 7, 2023, Mead wrestler Leister Bowling IV (‘25) announced his commitment to the University of Iowa. While only a verbal commitment, it is still a remarkable feat.  The University...

2x State placer, 2023 State runner up, Fargo All American, 2023 U.S. Open national runner up, NHSCA All American, and 2023 Regional Champion Leister Bowling ('25) warms up at Windsor Duals. Photo courtesy of Blake Bruxvoort.

2023-24 Mead wrestling team set for highly successful season

Kannon Garcia, Writer September 21, 2023

With the 2023-24 wrestling season coming around the corner, we are excited to introduce to you some of Mead’s promising athletes. As the Mavericks took 7th at the state tournament in the 2022-23 season...

Dalton Berg (‘24) faces an opponent during a home meet.

Boys Wrestling places 7th overall at State Tournament with 2 State Champs

Enola Potter and Ethan Thomas February 22, 2023

The Boys Wrestling season finished strong as it came to a close. The season ended on Saturday, Feb. 18 with two state championships and one runner-up, and the team placing 7th, according to the team’s...

Mead's wrestlers can look forward to competitions this year.

Wrestling to continue in 2021

Miles Michell, Content Editor January 18, 2021

Executive Director of Arts, Athletics, and Activities Chase Mcbride released a statement to the district on Jan. 12 announcing that wrestling will continue in SVVSD.  Boulder County Public Health coordinated...

Senior Caleb Dominico faced good opponents on the mat.

Mead’s Varsity wrestling team carries out another great win

Taylor Wright, Writer February 7, 2020

On January 31, Mead’s Varsity Wrestling team went head to head with Holy Family. Despite the strong opponents, the team was able to pull off a strong win of 54 to 14. “We have some really strong...

Faith Hale and Gretzky Gilman, hosts of our new podcast Censored, pose as silhouettes.

Censored: Sorry we’re late (Episode 3)

Gretzky Gilman, Writer December 30, 2019

Click play to listen to our (somewhat late)est episode of Censored. In this week's episode you can hear why "girls rule and boys drool", predictions for winter sports at Mead High School, snow days,...

Emilio Chavez prepares to take on opponent

One of Mead’s Varsity wrestlers, Emilio Chavez, is off to a good start this season

Diego Cordero and Mason Krominga December 18, 2018

In the boys wrestling team’s first home meet of the season at Mead, sophomore Emilio Chavez stood out as he won his only match of the day. On December 8th, Chavez then went on to go win five out the...

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