Sweaty bodies. Bloody uniforms. Unraised arms. Tears.  Exhaustion. Pain. Countless practices, countless victories, and countless losses. Years of dedication, hard work, and now, it’s all on the line.

For the last two years, freshman Maddie Seales and her mother Lisa White have petitioned and rallied to get a girls’ wrestling program at Randall so that Maddie can continue her passion. This year is the first that RHS will have the program, and since then, 12 girls have joined.

“It’s a big deal for our team to be successful because we did work so hard to get [the program] going,” Seales said. “Personally it’s a big deal because this is all I’ve ever known.”

Seales is not the only one with high goals for the season. Sophomore Savannah Lopez just began wrestling this year in hopes to carry on a family hobby.

“All of my dad’s family has been in wrestling [at] one point in [their] high school years,” Lopez said. “My cousins are all in wrestling so I thought it would be cool to carry on the tradition.”

Several girls have quit the program, but the remaining 12 practice six days a week.

“They practice wrestling techniques in the morning and conditioning after school,” Coach Guillermo Sanchez said. “[They do] weight training, visualization, drills, live wrestling and situational wrestling.”

The girls’ first tournament is Nov. 14 at Randall. Sanchez said he is most excited about where they stand.

“Although I have only been at the high school level for three years, I have somehow been involved with coaching the sport,” Sanchez said. “[I came to Randall because] I wanted to be part of a successful school and wrestling team.”