MONROE — Monroe Youth Wrestling Program, formerly the Green County YMCA Mat Rat Wrestling Program, ventured out on its own to become a USA Wrestling sanctioned club, now called the Monroe Wrestling Club, Inc. 

As a member of USA Wrestling, the club is fully insured and additional resources for the club, coaches and wrestlers are available for them to utilize. The Monroe Wrestling Club is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization committed to providing a positive environment for young athletes (kindergarten through eighth grade) to learn the fundamental skills of wrestling. The continued focus of the program is to build character, self-discipline, sportsmanship, self-confidence and physical fitness in preparation for wrestling during high school and beyond. The Monroe Wrestling Club promotes and supports all Monroe Wrestling programs from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

On Dec. 15, the Monroe Wrestling Club traveled to New Glarus for the Sugar River Raider Rumble on for the first tournament of the season. Monroe took third place, with Sugar River splitting its team up into two teams and finishing first and second. 

Two weeks later, Dec. 28, Monroe wrestling club competed in Darlington at the Redbird Coach Hackett Memorial Classic. Seven Monroe wrestlers took to the mat.