Sports have been a big part of Chase McLaren’s high school experience. Whether it be on the mat or diamond, you will always find McLaren working his hardest and doing his best. McLaren said wrestling is “a hard sport,” but that it’s “the most rewarding” of all sports to him. His favorite part of wrestling is winning, so it’s no surprise that his best memory from high school is beating “the number two kids in the state.”

McLaren also loves playing baseball and said his favorite position is pitcher. McLaren said, “Every once in awhile you’ll muff a foul ball, but other times you can just send it and hit a homerun.” He plans to play baseball at SWICC after high school and said that he’ll “probably go straight up to the Olympic team.”

When McLaren isn’t playing sports, you can find him fishing for “hogs” with Kenny Jimmerson and his brother “Steelie boy,” but he says he also “catches chubs with Braden (Bean).” McLaren has had plenty of great times while fishing but said, “My favorite time of going fishing was when I caught my first massive flathead last summer.”

McLaren has two pets, a kitten named Whiskers, and a dog named Nike. McLaren’s parents are Dustin McLaren and Jess Ehraman and he has two brothers, Garrett and Steele. McLaren also has a stepmom, Ricci, and two stepsiblings, Gratt, and Jayci.

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