Welcome to Steel Valley

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Through planned, detailed instruction and demonstration our goal is to develop great student-athletes and productive adults. We coach because of our passion for the sport of amateur wrestling.
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Who we are

Much More Than Just a Wrestling Club

Steel Valley Wrestling Club was founded in August 2019 to provide quality training opportunities to all genders from 3 years old to high school and to grow wrestling in Easton PA & the Lehigh Valley through collaborative efforts from coaches, parents, and wrestlers.

Steel Valley Renegades is committed to not only teaching your youth athletes the sport of wrestling with an emphasis on skill and technique, but also the values that accompany it, like accountability, resilience, teamwork, and discipline.

Club coaches are comprised of area high school coaches and youth coaches who share a collaborative and constructive approach to growing the sport of wrestling. Led by Lehigh Valley’s own Coach Whitey Chlebove we encourage a competitive but fun and energetic environment for our wrestlers.

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Steel Valley's Philosophy

To give all members the opportunity to improve their wrestling techniques, increase their wrestling IQ and learn valuable life-enhancing traits such as confidence, work ethic, and personal responsibility.

We are grateful for the chance to foster growth in these young men and women in pursuit of reaching their maximum potential. Through planned, detailed instruction and demonstration our goal is to develop great student-athletes and productive adults. We coach because of my passion for the sport of amateur wrestling.

Coach Whitey was very fortunate to have some of the very best coaches at every level while he was competing as well as outstanding mentors everywhere he has coached. "To give back what I was able to learn from my coaches and peers in the hope to create individuals that have a similar interest in the sport for their lifetime!"
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Why Choose Steel Valley Renegades?

  • Expert Coaching: Our coaching staff brings DECADES of experience and dedication to every session, providing athletes with top-tier instruction and guidance.

  • Character Building: We focus on more than technical ability—our program reinforces discipline, teamwork, sportsmanship, and other core life values.

  • Inclusive for All Levels: From first-time wrestlers to seasoned competitors, athletes of all ages, genders and abilities are welcome to train and grow with us.

  • Modern Training Environment: Practice in a well-equipped, supportive facility designed to elevate your performance and overall wrestling experience.

  • Goal-Driven Development: Whether you’re aiming to sharpen your skills, win championships, or pursue college opportunities, we’re committed to helping you achieve your wrestling goals.

Featured Classes

Find the Perfect Class for Your Goals

From Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling to intensive training and camps to help you compete in other sports like soccer, football, cheering and gymnastics, Steel Valley has the coaches, in-depth knowledge and equipment to help you get 1% better every day.
Wrestling Instruction
K-12, Girls & Boys
Wrestling
Steel Valley Renegades is committed to not only teaching your youth athletes the sport of wrestling with an emphasis on skill and technique, but also the values that accompany it, like accountability, resilience, teamwork, and discipline. Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco-Roman
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Sports Performance
Sports Fitness Training
Strength & Conditioning
Steel Valley offers Sports Performance Training for all youth athletes with a specialization in Functional Strength movements, Underground Strength techniques, and overall Olympic Style lifts
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Tumbling
Build Strength, Flexibility, Momentum
Tumbling
There are eight skills involved in a tumbling routine and each tumbler performs two passes. Tumbling is made up of round-offs, twists, somersaults, handsprings, tucks, and dismounts. Just like gymnastics, tumbling will help your child develop strength, flexibility, momentum, and stability.
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ACES
Advancing Champions Engaged in Sports
Crossfit-ACES
Youth athletes that attend this class are here trying to maximize their athletic potential – they want to make a team, play more, improve their power & speed on the court/field, decrease their times in their track events. Usually some specific goal. And reduce risk of injury!
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Summer Camp
New techniques, skills and mindsets to help deliver that champion match
Summer Wrestling Camps
SVRWC Camps have become known as one of the most intense and impactful youth wrestling camps in the country. Over the last seven years, we’ve been honored to host wrestlers from 41 states and 3 countries, and every year we continue to raise the bar with elite homegrown talent and exciting new guest clinicians.
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Travel Teams
In-House teams representing SVRWC locally and nationally
Travel Teams
SVRWC Teams take to the mat at local PA & NJ Duals and major national events and tournaments like Super32, Tulsa, Reno, Powerade, USA Nationals & State Championships.
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Meet Our Team

Meet Our Expert Trainers Dedicated to Your Success.

Owner, Sports Performance Coach, Travel Teams

Advanced Wrestling Coach (Folkstyle / Freestyle)

Novice & Intermediate Head Coach

Mackynzee Reeves

Tumbling Coach

Malyke Hines

Assistant Coach

Peter Lipari

Assistant Coach

Ryan Fairchild

Assistant Coach

Dan Reeves

Owner, Sports Performance Coach, Travel Teams

Dan originally hails from Bergen County, NJ, moved to Nazareth PA in 2018 with his wife and 4 kids. Dan was a two sport athlete at Bergen Catholic High School (football and Wrestling) and this is where the passion for Weights began. He went on to play football at Iona College in New York and then an additional 3 years of Semi Pro for the Bronx Bengals and Rockland County Bruins. Dan also is an experienced power lifter who has competed up and down the east coast. Dan has 10+ years of coaching in both Football and Wrestling, during all that time his love for Weights and Sports performance continued to grow specifically in Youth athletes. Besides the Club, Dan also Leads National Travel Wrestling teams since 2017 which is now comprised of over 600+ athletes across 44 States who compete throughout the US.

Dan is currently certified as a trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), USA Wrestling Leader (Cooper & Bronze Level), USA Football Coach, Russian Kettlebell Certification (RKC), and a certified Underground Strength Coach through Zach Evan-ESH who was also his sports performance Coach and mentor.

Ian “Whitey” Chlebove

Head Coach

Whitey Chlebove is a local Lehigh Valley Native and attended Whitehall & Northampton High Schools. He posted a perfect 38-0 senior record at Northampton and won a PIAA Class 3A title and helped the Konkrete Kids to a No. 1 national ranking. He attended West Virginia University where he moved into sixth place on the all-time wins list for the Mountaineers. He became a two-time All-American with his seventh-place finish at the 1998 NCAA Championships in Cleveland and his sixth-place finish at the 1999 NCAA Championships at Penn State. As a senior, Chlebove was ranked as high as fourth nationally during the season. As a junior, he was ranked as high as third. In 1996, Chlebove was one win away from All-America honors with a 3-2 finish at the tournament. After a redshirt season in 1997, he posted a 27-8 record in 1998 to set a WVU record.

PA State Champ, NHSCA Senior National Champ, 2x NCAA DI All-American for West Virginia University, Member of District XI and Eastern Wrestling League Hall of Fame, Coaching Experience at WVU, Northampton Area HS, Northern Lehigh HS, and Dark Knights WC.

Here is a list of college wrestlers that have been coached by Whitey and have wrestled in his room:

  • Sammy Sasso, Ohio St.
  • Julian Chlebove, Arizona St.
  • Patrick Gould, Kent St.
  • Sean Pierson, Princeton
  • Darius Grant, Western New England
  • Ryan Miller, Penn
  • Travis Stefanik, Princeton
  • Anthony Micci, F & M
  • Markis Branford, Clackmas
  • Richie Markuliks, Edinboro
  • Nathaniel Stefanik, Princeton
  • Cameron Enriquez, Clackamas
  • Deshawn Farber, Lock Haven
  • Nick Colasurdo, Kent St.
  • Patrick Noonan, UVA

Gyasi Parkins

Advanced Wrestling Coach (Folkstyle / Freestyle)

Coach Gyasi Parkins has been a Coach at Dark Knights Wrestling Club since 2010 and has coached nationally ranked kids at all levels.

Matt Buckno

Novice & Intermediate Head Coach
“There is no magic formula for success. It takes hard work, pain, and discipline. Through hard work and pain, discipline is born. Discipline is what it takes to become a champion. Every wrestler deserves a coach willing to put forth the same level of commitment that they themselves are being pushed towards. I am committed to creating champions on the mat as well as in life through this coach-wrestler bond.”
 
Matthew Buckno
District XI Champion, 189 lbs. 
District XI Placewinner, 5th
2x SE Regional Qualifier
US Marine Corps, 1999-2004
MCAS Cup Champion, USMC

Ryan Hendricks

Head Cheer/Tumbling coach

Ryan Hendricks is a choreographer, cheerleading & tumbling coach with over a decade of experience. She began earning cheerleading accolades early in her high school cheerleading career, where she was named UCA All-Star 3x, Conference All-Star 2x, and named to the NJ All-State Team. Ryan cheered for Belvidere HS (Belvidere, NJ) and was part of the history-making team that won a state and conference championship. They also competed in the National High School Cheerleading Championship in 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2001. She started coaching the NJ Junior Jags All-Star team in 2002. In 2004, she coached the Stateline All-Stars in Phillipsburg. She was the assistant choreographer at Lafayette College from 2006-2007, helping to create gameday performances for the cheer & dance teams. From 2009-2012, she coached the Pocono Cheer All-Stars in Stroudsburg, PA. Since retiring from full-time coaching, Ryan has embraced Mom Life but has stayed involved in the sport by judging tryouts, helping with choreography, and coaching tumbling & gymnastics.

Russ Silverstein

Freestyle/Greco/Wrestling Mindset Coach

Russ has been a part of Steel Valley Reengages since 2019 and brings significant coaching experience to our team. He is currently on the Muhlenberg coaching staff since the 2019-20 season. Silverstein served as head coach at Williamson College of the Trades in 2018-19, qualifying a school-record six wrestlers for the NCWA national tournament. He also was the head coach for three years at Valley Forge Military Academy before the program was dropped in 2017. Originally from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Silverstein has also coached at Perkiomen Valley High School and Methacton High School.