By: Aleksa Evertsen Here at Bear River High School, we just created our first girls’ wrestling team. A junior here at Bear River, Haylee Farnsworth, wrestles on the team. She and many others were quite excited when they got the news that a girls’ wrestling team would be made here at their high school. The students wanted a girls’ team because it expands more options of sports and keeps their bodies healthy.
At this point, when you join the wrestling team, you automatically make it. There is one big team that splits up into different weight classes. Practices are every day after school for two hours with lots of conditioning. Farnsworth said, “I would say around the start of school, September or October, is when they said there would be an open gym.” She also mentioned that there are about 20 girls on the team. Farnsworth said that she and many of her friends had to reach out to other people to join the team. One of the reasons they created the girls’ team was because they knew they couldn’t wrestle the boys. “It would just be awkward because the boys don’t want to hurt the girls, so then the boys would just let them win, which doesn’t make it fun,” Farnsworth mentioned. Despite only wrestling other girls, some injuries have been sustained including shoulders, ribcages, tendons, snapped arms, and many more. They currently have three girls sitting on the bench right now because of their injuries. Farnsworth mentioned that she wanted to wrestle because she wanted to get into shape for softball season. When she started participating in wrestling, she didn’t love the conditioning, but she knew she wanted to be ready for softball. Otherwise, Farnsworth has loved the new adventure of wrestling. Her goal this season is to make it to the top three in state: “The coaches just wanted to see how we did because it is our first year, but overall, I think the most important thing was the thought of the end in mind.” Farnsworth believes that she gets lots of support from her team. She disclosed that this sport is very individualized, yet you need the team to cheer you on to win for yourself and your team. Farnsworth mentioned that wrestling is a very mental and competitive sport. “Once you get on that mat, if you even have the slightest lack of confidence, you will lose.” She said that her team is very dedicated to making the team closer and motivating each other to improve. Her favorite part about the girls and wrestling with them is that she has made friendships she never thought she would.
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