Girl Wrestlers Ready to Dominate

New girls team gets ready to compete against San Leandro, others during the season

By: Alex Allphin

The art of wrestling has been practiced by men all around the world since the days of Ancient Greece. It is regarded as one of the most exciting, challenging and dangerous sports ever, and now girls will be doing it too.

This winter season marks the beginning of the first-ever girls wrestling team at CVHS.

"We have a good group of girls that are very enthusiastic," said head coach Steve Solis of the brand new team. "And they’ve been training hard."

The debut of the team was prompted by Solis, a veteran wrestling coach at Canyon Middle School. Solis got the idea from San Leandro High School, who started a girls wrestling team last year.

"[Our boys team] always beat San Leandro," said Solis. "So we started talking to [Marie] Gray about it and she was very positive about the idea."

The team consists of 22 girls. There are nine freshman, nine sophomores and four juniors.

"What I like about wrestling is that it’s challenging," said junior Trisha Williams. "This is my first year, but I think the girls Castro Valley wrestlers are going to kick some butt."

The girls wrestling team will face San Leandro and Vintage High School in Napa during the regular season, and Solis seems optimistic about how his team will do.

"As long as we keep up the good work ethic, I think we’ll do real good," said Solis.

The new team is also arranging CVHS’s first-ever novice girls tournament.

"It’s for beginning wrestlers without any high school experience, and all freshmen," said Solis. "It gives them a chance to experience wrestling without getting their butts kicked by experienced wrestlers. So they’re all starting on the same page."

The tournament will be held on Dec. 9 in the CVHS gym and spectators are welcome.

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