For first time ever, girls hit the mat in Tracy

Almost a dozen girls will compete this winter for TMB/WWG wrestling team

Karl Campbell practically grew up in a wrestling singlet. He wrestled as a kid, then as a high schooler, practicing in the old sweat lodge known as “The Hut.” His journey predictably resulted in a coaching career with the Tracy- Milroy-Balaton/ Westbrook-Walnut Grove Wrestling program that has lasted for more than 30 years.

And before he started a family with his wife, Diane — a family that grew to include two daughters — he never once gave thought to coaching girls.