In 1981 Rick Griffith, a student teacher at Medical Lake High School (MLHS) and former wrestler, and Jeff King, a MLHS Varsity Wrestler, had the idea to begin a kids wrestling club in Medical Lake. Rick and I (Wayne Terry) attended the same church, so when he saw me there he asked if I’d like to be a part of the club. I jumped at the chance. The Medical Lake Park & Recreation Dept. was approached by Rick and Jeff to supply insurance coverage and other benefits, making the club and official Medical Lake Park & Recreation program.

Our club continued to grow each year and at one point we enrolled 140 young wrestlers in the Mat Maulers club. Eventually Rearden formed a new team which took 25 of our kids who lived in the Rearden area. That gave us a little more room to practice. Then Cheney came on board and started a club as well and relieved our numbers by taking another 25 wrestlers from their area. After that our club seemed to plateau between 100 and 120 wrestlers where we are at the present.