Kamiak girls wrestling camp aims to increase involvement
EVERETT — Ally de la Cruz remembers what it was like being one of the only girls on the Kamiak wrestling team. She remembers going to tournaments and watching other schools roll in with a large girls team. She remembers those girls rallying around each other like a family and missing out on that experience.
Nearly 10 years after her junior season, when she won the 2017 State Championship in the Girls Class 4A, 155-pound division to highlight a decorated career that included four district titles and four state placements, de la Cruz finally felt that at the Kamiak girls wrestling camp, where she served as one of the instructors.
“It’s really nice to see some of the girls on the team and see how much they love the community that it’s creating,” de la Cruz said.
The camp, which took place from Tuesday to Thursday at Mariner High School, marked the latest development for a Kamiak girls wrestling program that more than tripled in size this past season under head coach John Knight-Baldwin, who coached de la Cruz as an assistant in the Kamiak program during her time there.
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