With hundreds of people in the crowd Teila Peters competed in what was likely the most important match of her wrestling career so far. A lifetime of training and over four years of competing had led to a single mat in Casper, as she wrestled to become a part of the inaugural class of girls state champion wrestlers.
"It didn't feel like any special match," Teila said. "I don't think it really sunk in until a couple of days (later) ... I was just making sure I wasn't focused on anything else."
Teila decided she wanted to wrestle at a pretty young age.
"My parents took me to a wrestling dual (at Buffalo High School) when I was like three," she said. "I wanted to get out on the mat, so they put me in the wrestling club the next year. I've wrestled since then."
That long road led her to this year, to becoming one of the first girls state championship wrestlers in Wyoming. Next year wrestling will lead Teila to a new adventure in South Dakota. In August she’s headed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to join the inaugural wrestling team at Sioux Falls University.
With hundreds of people in the crowd Teila Peters competed in what was likely the most important match of her wrestling career so far. A lifetime of training and over four years of competing had led to a single mat in Casper, as she wrestled to become a part of the inaugural class of girls state champion wrestlers.
"It didn't feel like any special match," Teila said. "I don't think it really sunk in until a couple of days (later) ... I was just making sure I wasn't focused on anything else."
Teila decided she wanted to wrestle at a pretty young age.
"My parents took me to a wrestling dual (at Buffalo High School) when I was like three," she said. "I wanted to get out on the mat, so they put me in the wrestling club the next year. I've wrestled since then."
That long road led her to this year, to becoming one of the first girls state championship wrestlers in Wyoming. Next year wrestling will lead Teila to a new adventure in South Dakota. In August she’s headed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to join the inaugural wrestling team at Sioux Falls University.