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Let's meet and 'catch up' on September 14th! It will be a fun and casual time to visit with classmates before the end of Summer 2024!

Where: Big Barn Brewing Company (Greenbluff)16004 N. Applewood Lane, Mead WA 99021
When: Please join anytime between 4 PM and 8 PM on Saturday, September 14th. This is a casual, no host event and no reservations are needed. So if you want to arrive early, feel free! The 'Fruit Barn' deck has been reserved for our class, so we will have a large enough space to 'visit'! 

The food truck is available until 7 PM for those interested in purchasing food. And, there is (obviously!) beer and other beverages for purchase, with music presented by Big Barn (TBD).

 Oh, and bring a lawn chair! There are picnic tables but you might be more comfortable with your own chair.

We will miss you if you're not able to join! Pictures will be posted :) Thanks for responding to the survey, it was helpful!

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Wrestling notebook: Mead set to honor longtime coach Cash Stone

Article by Madison McCord for The Spokesman-Review

As Mead wrestling chases its third state championship in as many years, the team will take time to look back and honor the man who started the Panthers program.

Longtime Mead wrestling coach Cash Stone will be added to the school’s hall of fame during an induction ceremony on Thursday – Stone’s 89th birthday – when the Panthers host Ridgeline in a Greater Spokane League dual at 7 p.m.

Stone coached the Panthers from 1959 until his retirement in 1997. He is also a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Washington State Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Inland Empire Coaches Hall of Fame.

“Cash and Ken Pelo at Rogers are the godfathers of wrestling in Spokane and they did all the hard work to get the sport to the level it is at now,” Mead Athletic Director John Barrington said. “Whoever is in charge of the program at Mead has an expectation to go above and beyond both on the mats and off them because of what coach Stone started.”

During his time in charge of the program, the Panthers won 10 individual state titles, two state team titles and 13 GSL titles.

“Coach still comes into the wrestling room a few times a year, dressed in this old Mead singlet, does some wall sits and helps (current coach Phil) McLean out with practice,” Barrington said. “I don’t know that all 90 of the kids in that room know who he is, but the top dogs do because he’s so ingrained into this team’s identity and their parents know who he is and what he means.”

Wrestling notebook: Mead set to honor longtime coach Cash Stone | The Spokesman-Review

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Remember these Reunions...10, 20, 38, 40!

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The photos above are from our 20th Reunion Gallery Collection.

We are also looking for 40th Reunion photos. We seem to have quite a few from the 38th Reunion, and now also from the 50th! But--few from the 40th.

Click on Contact Us. We appreciate all of those who have sent us photos!

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7th Grade Farwell--Football, Teachers and Champions!

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