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Excited to announce that girls wrestling is now an official sport at DeKalb High School! Thank you
@CUSD428
and
@1BarbAthletics
for allowing us to grow girls wrestling and have our own team!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
#wrestlelikeagirl
#shecanwrestle
#growgirlswrestling
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Awesome to see
@CindyCrawford
still supporting DeKalb wrestling! I think it’s time to give her some new gear and get her back for an alumni meet! Retweet to make it happen!
@1BarbAthletics
@CrowsNestDHS
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The Barbs finish the season as the 3A runner up after falling 32-27 to Mt. Carmel. It was a hell of a dual and a hell of a season for the Barbs who finished the season 23-1 and ranked in the top 25 in the country! Thank you to everyone for their support this season!
#1barb
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The Barbs are headed to team state after a 63-12 win over Conant!
@1BarbAthletics
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Fabian Lopez on a great season and ending 45-1 and the state champion at 126 lbs!
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Great state tournament for the Barbs! 12 state qualifiers, 7 place winners, 2 finalists, and a state champion!…..And we aren’t done yet! Team sectional this Tuesday vs Conant at South Elgin!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to our 4 all state wrestlers!
Blah Dahnweih - 2nd place
Tommy Curran - 5th place
Fabian Lopez - 6th place
Danny Curran - 6th place
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Damien Lopez on his commitment to continue his academic and wrestling career at NIU!
@NIUWrestling
@1BarbAthletics
#WorkLikeADog
#HuskieTough
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congratulations to
@thetommycurran
and
@dannycurran51
on committing to continue their education and wrestling careers at
@PackWrestle
!
#PackMentality
#culture
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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In the final seconds, Bradley Gillum gets this takedown and turn to become a Fargo National Champion!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
#ilusaw
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Blah Dahnweih finishes the season 44-5 and 3rd place in the state at 195 lbs!
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Barbs are regional champs and advance all 14 wrestlers to sectionals!
@IllinoisMatmen
1️⃣ Aranda
1️⃣ Tommy
1️⃣ Danny
1️⃣ McGee
1️⃣ Fabian
1️⃣ Damien
2️⃣ Gillum
3️⃣ Clayton
1️⃣ Johnson
1️⃣ Ikens
1️⃣ Roach
1️⃣ Blah
3️⃣ Mora
2️⃣ Colbert
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Bradley Gillum is your 170 lb Junior Greco National Champion! Trailing 5-0 at the break he rallies back and wins 7-5 in the final seconds!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
#ilusaw
#titletown
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Our summer camp is going to be 🔥.
@HamitiDean
@IzzakOlejnik
and Michael McGee confirmed so far! Your not going to want to miss this one!
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Congrats to Bradley Gillum on finishing as a runner up at the U15 World Championships!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to the Barbs 10 state qualifiers!
3️⃣Ben Aranda
2️⃣Tommy Curran
1️⃣Danny Curran
2️⃣Blake McGee
2️⃣Fabian Lopez
3️⃣Damien Lopez
1️⃣Bradley Gillum
1️⃣Austin Johnson
3️⃣Logan Roach
1️⃣Blah Dahnweih
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Fabian And Damien Lopez for being Cadet Greco Co-National Champions at 132 lbs!
@fabiannlopezz
#dekalbwrestle
#proudlydekalb
#gogreco
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Last practice of the year before the state tournament starts tomorrow!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Fabian Lopez who advances to state as a Sectional Champion at 126!
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Ben Aranda advances to tomorrow's Junior Freestyle Nationals 113 lb finals with another tech fall!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Barbs come out on top of an epic dual with a total team effort and are headed back to state after a 31-30 win over GBN!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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IHSA SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Conant
6️⃣STATE QUALIFIERS
4️⃣ALTERNATES
🥇Ben Aranda
🥇Tommy Curran
🥇 Fabian Lopez
🥇Bradley Gillum
🥉Danny Curran
🥉Damien Lopez
Alternates:
Blake McGee
Tucker Ikens
Bryson Buhk
Tunde Oroye
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Total team effort today as the Barbs capture their first DVC title!
Ben Lopez2️⃣
Ben Aranda1️⃣
Austin Martin3️⃣
Blake McGee1️⃣
Tommy Curran1️⃣
Nate Perry3️⃣
Fabian Lopez1️⃣
Shawn Ager3️⃣
Bradley Gillum1️⃣
Logan Riggs4️⃣
Tucker Ikens1️⃣
Bryson Buhk1️⃣
Gavin Engh3️⃣
Tunde Oroye2️⃣
#1barb
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In 1954 Don Flavin started DeKalb Wrestling, a program that has 1054 wins, 80 state place winners,11 state champs, 9 team 🏆and has had a huge impact on many lives! Today we proudly announce
@ConorInfelise
as our first girls wrestling head coach!
#wrestlelikeagirl
#shecanwrestle
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The Barbs start off the year ranked
#41
in the country as a team in the first
@InterMat
rankings. We will see 9 of the top 50 teams this year in duals or tournaments. Lg!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to
@fabiannlopezz
and family on his signing with
@IlliniWrestling
today!
#1barb
#proudlydekab
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The Barbs are bringing home a trophy after a 53-18 win over Glenbard West! Now we wrestle tmrw morning at 9 in the semis!
@1BarbAthletics
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The calm before the storm! The road to Champaign begins tomorrow! Regionals begin at 9 am in DeKalb tomorrow with finals starting at 1:30.
@CrowsNestDHS
.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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This happened today at the Castle Challenge pep assembly...
@TheresOnly1Blah
vs
@DhsDean
. Thanks for being a great sport Mr. Carlson and accepting the challenge. Better luck to you next year!
Good luck tonight
@DeKalbHSHoops
!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Peter Goff on being selected the Class 3A administrator of the year! Well deserved! The amount of support we have gotten from
@1BarbAthletics
and our entire administration has been amazing!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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9
77
The Barbs punched their ticket to team state with a 51-29 win over Main South! On to Bloomington on Saturday!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The Barbs are headed to the 3A state finals!
@CrowsNestDHS
wrestling starts at 7:00 pm tonight!
@1BarbAthletics
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congratulations to our 4 state qualifiers!
Fabian Lopez - 1st
Blah Dahnweih - 1st
Christian Komitas - 3rd
Logan Roach - 3rd
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Congrats to Bradley Gillum on a UWW U15 Freestyle national title! He will represent team USA and compete for a World Championship in Budapest this summer!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to
@BrysonBuhk
on committing to continue his academic and wrestling career at
@SIUEWrestling
!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
#RTG
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Congrats to Ben Aranda on his 3rd place finish at Flo Nationals in 48 kg Cadet Freestyle!
#flonationals2019
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Barbs take 5th place at the
@Cheesehead_HS
in a field of 30 teams from 7 different states that included 5 nationally ranked teams, and 4.5 points ahead of the
#21
ranked team in the country!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Fabian Lopez and Ben Aranda on becoming Cadet Freestyle All-Americans!
Ben Aranda - 94 lbs - 5th place
Fabian Lopez - 132 lbs - 7th place
Greco starts tmrw with all 7 DeKalb wrestlers going again! Lets go!
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to our 12 state qualifiers!
3️⃣ Kaden Klapprodt
4️⃣ Rory Burright
3️⃣ Danny Aranda
3️⃣ Danny Curran
3️⃣ Austin Martin
1️⃣ Tommy Curran
3️⃣ Damien Lopez
3️⃣ Caleb Wall
1️⃣ Lukes Schmerbach
1️⃣ Bradley Gillum
2️⃣ Bryson Buhk
1️⃣ Gavin Engh
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Proud of these young men, coaches, parents, and the community for being awarded a State Final Sportsmanship Banner this season!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Great team effort to become
@TheFlavin
champs today in 3 hard fought duals! Going 5-0 in the tournament were Kaden Klapprodt, Danny Curran, Tommy Curran, and Lukes Schmerbach!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The Barbs are your DVC conference champions!
Kaden Klapprodt-1️⃣
Rory Burright-1️⃣
Danny Aranda-1️⃣
Hudson Ikens-3️⃣
Danny Curran-1️⃣
Austin Martin-2️⃣
Mehki Cave-4️⃣
Damien Lopez-1️⃣
Hussein Thahab-2️⃣
Lukes Schmerbach-1️⃣
Bradley Gillum-1️⃣
Bryson Buhk-1️⃣
Gavin Engh-1️⃣
Nate Sauer-5️⃣
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Fabian Lopez went 7-0 at NWCA Duals with 5 bonus point wins with wins over 4 state champions and a 3x state place winner!
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The Barbs finish the 2021 season as the AAA State Runner up finishing with 5 place winners, 3 finalist, and one champ!
Bradley Gillum - 1st
Ben Aranda - 2nd
Tommy Curran - 2nd
Danny Aranda - 5th
Bryson Buhk - 5th
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congratulations to our 4 state qualifiers!
106 - Kaden Klapprodt 4️⃣
145 - Austin Martin 2️⃣
152 - Jacob Luce 2️⃣
160 - Sean Kolkebeck 3️⃣
@1BarbAthletics
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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11
66
Registration for camp is now open! Sign up now as spots are limited! Use the QR code or link.
@IllinoisMatmen
@IzzakOlejnik
@edruth67
@ericschultz44
@mcgeenis1
@HamitiDean
@lukebyrd106
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🚨 One last B1G addition 🚨
Our summer camp on June 18th and June 20–24th will be headlined by 4 x Big 10 champ, 4 x All-American and 3 x national champion
@edruth67
on Friday June 24th!
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Men of their word. Mr. Kearfott
@BarbAthletics
and
@MarkSykes23
wore singlets today. We would like to thank them for their support! Who will be the next to take the singlet challenge?
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Congrats to Bradley Gillum on his Cadet Greco National Championship at 160 lbs!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Fabian Lopez gets revenge in a rematch of the Fargo finals with a 10-6 victory !
#agonyinames
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Barbs advance 10 wrestler to the semis of sectionals tmrw. 4 wrestlers in wrestlebacks. Wrestling resumes tomorrow at 9:00.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Special shout out to
@izayawebbiewebb
for working with our guys this year on the mental aspect of wrestling!
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Congratulations to state qualifier Christian Komitas on taking 3rd place at sectionals at 152 lbs!
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The Barbs brought home a regional title and advanced 13 wrestlers to sectionals!
Ben Aranda1️⃣
Austin Martin2️⃣
Danny Curran1️⃣
Blake McGee2️⃣
Tommy Curran1️⃣
Fabian Lopez1️⃣
Nate Perry4️⃣
Damien Lopez1️⃣
Bradley Gillum1️⃣
Shawn Ager2️⃣
Tucker Ikens2️⃣
Bryson Buhk1️⃣
Bryan Mora3️⃣
Tunde2️⃣
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The boys are back training for tmrws Dual team sectional! Come out tomorrow and support the Barbs as we host Main South! Winner advances to team state in Bloomington on Saturday!
@CrowsNestDHS
come out and fill the nest. Theme is orange out! Wrestling begins at 6 pm.
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Vote for Blah!
Blah went 4-0 this week including a 3-1 win over Jace Punke who is a defending state champion, currently ranked number 1 in the state, and
#4
in the country! The win helped propel the Barbs to a 38-23 win over Washington, the 3 x defending state champions!
Athlete of the week voting is now open. Candidates are:
@TheresOnly1Blah
, DeKalb wrestling
Brooke Heiman,
@ICGirlsBBall
Tate Sanderson,
@hbr_basketball
Madison Hickey,
@1BarbAthletics
Gavin Anderson,
@1BarbAthletics
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Great team effort by the Barbs with a 2nd place finish at the Rex Whitlatch tournament!
2️⃣ Ben Aranda
4️⃣ Tommy Curran
6️⃣ Danny Curran
4️⃣ Blake McGee
6️⃣ Fabian Lopez
4️⃣ Damien Lopez
3️⃣ Bradley Gillum
3️⃣ Austin Johnson
3️⃣ Logan Roach
1️⃣ Blah Dahnweih
8️⃣ Bryan Mora
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58
In honor of the hard work from our entire staff at DHS, our wrestlers wanted to show them appreciation by making tomorrow’s meet against Yorkville Staff appreciation night!
#1barb
#proudkydekalb
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Congrats to our two first ever IHSA state girls wrestling state place winners!
105 - Alex Gregorio-Perez - 6th
115 - Reese Zimmer - 6th
@1barbathletics
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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4
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Stratton comes up a little short in his final match. Great career! You are a true barb. We love u and will miss u.
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Fabian Lopez advances to the finals of the state tournament with a 9-4 win!!! Finals are at 5:30 tommorw night. Come show your support!!!!
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🚨 Breaking News 🚨
We have ponied up and reached an exclusive NIL agreement with the 2A coach of the year
@JCAwrestling
! He will be in the concession stand in DeKalb at
@ILUSAW
Greco State this weekend repping the Barbs and making sure you get your popcorn ready!
#CoachesNIL
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The Journey officially starts tomorrow! First practice at 3:15!
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In the new
@InterMat
rankings of the top 25 freshman
@fabiannlopezz
is listed as the 22nd best overall freshman in the country! 👀💪
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Congrats to our two All-State wrestlers!
Fabian Lopez - 126 lb State Champ
Blah Dahnweih - 195 lbs 3rd place
#dekalbpride
#onebarb
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Dekalb wrestling getting recognized during half time of the regional basketball game for finishing 4th in state! Good luck
@DeKalbHSHoops
!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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4
56
Congrats to Jacob Luce on his 6th place finish in IHSA AAA state at 152 lbs!
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Congrats to Bradley Gillum on his 4th place finish at 160 lb Cadet Freestyle Nationals!
#proudlydekalb
#1barb
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Congrats to our five sectional place winners today advancing to next weekends IWCOA State Championship in Springfield giving us a total of 8 state qualifiers!
1️⃣ Blake McGee
3️⃣ Jacob Luce
3️⃣ Bryson Buhk
3️⃣ Gavin Engh
4️⃣ Danny Aranda
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
1
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Congrats to
@ILUSAW
on the Greco Junior National Title at Junior Duals! Ben Aranda, Tommy Curran, and Bradley Gillum came up huge for team Illinois!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Barbs with a 62-10 win over Hononegah to finish the regular season 21-5 and ranked 3rd in the state headed to regionals! Great night for these seniors and the team!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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8 wrestlers advance to tomorrow quarter finals! Wrestling starts at 8:30.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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These seniors sure are a special group. Thank you to our amazing managers for making it a night they will remember!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to state qualifier and sectional champion Blah Dahnweih at 195 lbs!
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The newest set of rankings by the greatest 🧠 in wrestling
@MatScoutWillie
has 2 Barbs ranked in the top 25 in the country! Ben Aranda is ranked 24th at 113 and Bradley Gillum is ranked 14th at 170!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
1
9
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Ben Aranda is a double Finalist and finishes as the runner up at 113 lbs in Junior Greco! He was the only wrestler in the tournament to reach the finals at the Junior level in both styles!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
1
10
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12 wrestlers advance to tomorrow’s semi finals! Schultz and Sauer in wrestle backs. Wrestling starts tomorrow at 9am with a round of wrestle backs and then semis.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The NI big XII outstanding wrestler results are in:
Lower weight OW: Fabian Lopez
Upper weight OW: Blah Dahnweih
Congrats
@fabiannlopezz
and
@TheresOnly1Blah
!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to
@fabiannlopezz
on his runner up finish at Cadet Greco Nationals at 120 lbs. Way to make DeKalb proud!
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Congrats to Barb seniors Ben Aranda, Blake McGee, and Brayten Wilkerson on signing and continuing their wrestling and academic careers at the next level! Ben is going to Cleveland State, Blake is going to Wabash,and Brayten Is going to Wisconsin White Water.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The Barbs closed out the regular season with an 82-0 win over Hononegah on Senior night to move to 20-0 on the season!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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The Barbs move to 9-0 with a 75-3 win over Metea Valley on Ezra night! Thank you for overwhelming community support for Ezra! Tmrw the Barbs head to OPRF to wrestle Providence, Detroit Central Catholic, and Crown Point Indiana. Wrestling starts at 9 am.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congrats to Bradley Gillum! Preseason National Champ!
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In honor of National Student Athlete day, we’d like to take a moment to recognize the Barb student-athletes who are wrestling and getting an education at the collegiate level!
@1BarbAthletics
@CUSD428
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
#studentathletes
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Ben Aranda and Bradley Gillum both advanced to the national finals and will be wrestling for national titles! Finals start at 1:30.
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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What a great experience for our team at the
@gabledonnybrook
this weekend! Great team effort to finish in 4th place as a team!
Tommy Curran-1️⃣
Danny Aranda-2️⃣
Bradley Gillum-2️⃣
Damien Lopez-3️⃣
Lukes Schmerbach-5️⃣
Danny Curran-6️⃣
Bryson Buhk-8️⃣
#1barb
#proudlydekab
1
7
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Great start to the season at the always intense Fulk Quad going 3-0. Lots to work on, but great effort from the team. Blake McGee, Tommy Curran, Lukes Schmerbach, Damien Lopez, Bradley Gillum, Michael Clayton, and Brayten Wilkerson went 3-0 on the day!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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Congratulations to
@Bmcgee2503
on his committment to further his academic and wrestling career at
@wabashwrestling
!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
1
12
50
Great job at freestyle state this weekend by DeKalb and Hurricane wrestlers qualifying 4 for Fargo!
Bradley Gillum - 1st
Teddy Moyer - 1st
Phinehas Nadig - 1st
Danny Aranda - 3rd
Lamar Bradley - 3rd
Neyemijah Erickson - 3rd
Trevor Gilbert - 4th
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DeKalb went 3-0 today at the Libertyville Quad! This one has a lot of history. Very cool write up for it!
DeKalb 43 Conant 30
DeKalb 46 Lyons 24
DeKalb 45 Libertyville 28
Aranda, Martin, McGee, Tommy, Fabian, Gillum, and Buhk went 3-0 on the day!
#1barb
#proudlydekalb
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