Wrestling: Growth continues for Willmar girls team

Story byWest Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. Joe Brown, West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. Fri, December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM UTC·4 min readDec. 5---- With the Willmar girls wrestling team growing, it was time to get a place of their own. Instead of sharing the high school's wrestling room with the 53 members of the boys team, the girls shifted their practices to the Willmar Middle School's old gymnasium. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Last year with the middle school team, we had 15 girls that included sixth-graders and the high school team had eight," said Cardinals girls wrestling head coach Mark Neu. "This year, we have 31 girls, seventh-through-12."Two seasons ago,became Willmar's first female wrestler since the Minnesota State High School League created a girls wrestling tournament in 2022.