Wrestling?

I get a morning newsletter from the local paper featuring 7 stories. I would assume that these are the 7 most important stories of the day. I understand that sometimes certain category stories make the list, even if it is not so important, and maybe it makes sense that the category is sports. But on several days, one of those stories is about high school wrestling.

High school wrestling? Am I living in a John Irving book? I've never been anywhere that cared about wrestling. Football? Basketball? Maybe even baseball. But wrestling?