{"id":174221,"date":"2024-01-03T04:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=174221"},"modified":"2024-01-03T04:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:44:13","slug":"crestviews-grubb-earns-milestone-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/03\/crestviews-grubb-earns-milestone-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview’s Grubb earns milestone mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — It’s a program that made its varsity debut just four years ago, during the 2020-2021 winter sports season, and now it has its very first 100-match winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview senior wrestler Gavin Grubb, who attends Vantage Career Center, accomplished the feat by going 5-0 during last week\u2019s Parkway Holiday Invitational. All five of his wins came via pins, including a :57 fall in the 128-pound semifinals that gave him the milestone mark. Win No. 101 came in the championship round, a 4:37 pin of Celina\u2019s Aaren King. Grubb’s dominating day helped the Knights secure a second place finish at the invite, behind Division II Celina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt feels great to get to 100 wins,\u201d Grubb said. \u201cIt has been a long term goal for me ever since I was a freshman, seeing all of these great wrestlers around me earning their 100 wins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gavin Grubb earned his 100th career victory last week. Wyatt Richardson\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Grubb picked up the sport while in elementary and has been going strong ever since. Along the way, he became an integral part of the fledging program, which has become more than competitive in a short amount of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been involved in wrestling since fifth grade (2016),\u201d he explained. \u201cThis is when Jake Sawmiller started the wrestling club. Since the first year of wrestling, my favorite thing about the sport has been the fact that size doesn’t matter. You are matched up with opponents your size. Another thing that I find truly amazing about wrestling is that in the end you determine the results. There is nobody else to blame for your loss and that truly helped me grow as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGavin is our first senior that has started with our youth program and followed all the way through to his senior year,\u201d head coach Jake Sawmiller said. \u201cHe has been one of the best examples you could ask for of a kid coming through a new program. He works so hard every day, never makes excuses, and continues to push his partners in practice. He is leading this program by example beyond the success he\u2019s had on the mat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGavin is a quiet kid,\u201d Sawmiller continued. \u201cEven when he\u2019s hurting a bit, he won\u2019t say it. His junior year he wrestled the entire season with a torn labrum and nobody even knew. He has that grit and determination to get through the pain and perform. I don\u2019t advocate for hiding injuries but Gavin is tougher than about any kid you\u2019ll meet on the mat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy favorite thing about Gavin is not that he works hard and has a burning desire to be the best, it\u2019s that he cares about his younger brothers and the youth of the community. Gavin is a shy kid but his actions go light years beyond his words. He\u2019s as proud of his three younger brothers as he is in his own success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great kid and his priorities go beyond his wrestling career and I couldn\u2019t be more proud of him for that. He is a four-year straight A student athlete and is the best example of a kid that you could have on any sports team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all of his accomplishments on and off the mat, including 100 wins, Grubb has goals that he wants to check off his list, both individually and team-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy two major goals are to win NWC personally, but more importantly, win conference as a team,\u201d Grubb stated. \u201cThis would get Crestview wrestling team our first conference title. As for postseason, I hope to go as far as possible and place as high as I can in the state to wrap up my career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Grubb\u2019s season ended in the Division III districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When his season ends, whenever that may be, that may be it for Grubb and his wrestling career, as he pursues his plans for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have received some letters of interest from colleges, however, at this time, I do not plan on going to college,\u201d Grubb explained. \u201cI enrolled at Vantage Career Center, Construction Equipment Technology, my junior year. I am going to try my best to get accepted to the Ohio Operators Union apprenticeship program upon graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview will return to action on Saturday, January 13, right at home with the 12-team Crestview Wrestling Duals. The Knights are also slated to compete at the Van Wert Invitational on January 27, and a big dual meet with Columbus Grove is set for February 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove is on top of the conference as well as Allen East but we are hoping to push the norm and throw our name in the pot here,\u201d Sawmiller said. \u201cWe are just four years into our program and hoping to make a statement with this crew of kids this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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