Grundy Senior High School
Grundy Senior 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. The school is known for its Scholastic Bowl team, which qualified for the VHSL state tournament in 2014 and 2015. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's A Black Diamond District in 2A West Conference 39. Grundy is a National Blue Ribbon School.
Wrestling
The school is renowned for its wrestling program, which has won 23 state championships, the most of any high school in Virginia, and has been ranked nationally. Grundy has produced more than 80 individual state champions.Class | Finish | Year |
AA | First | 1978, 1987-1998, 2000, 2001 |
AA | Second | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
A | First | 2012, 2013 |
2A | First | 2014, 2016, 2017 |
2A | Second | 2015 |
1 | First | 2018, 2019 |
Kevin Dresser was the head coach 1989-1996.
Travis Fiser has been the head coach since 1997.
Notable alumni
- Lee Smith - Author
- Jayma Mays - Actress
- Ryan O'Quinn - Actor
- Heath Calhoun - US paralympian, Wounded Warrior Projectspokesperson
- Beverly Perdue - Former Governor of North Carolina
- Francis Gary Powers - CIA pilot shot down flying a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union, precipitating the 1960 U2 Incident.