At Waller High School, girls like Amanda Kelso learned the art of wrestling early on, starting in the 7th and 8th grades.

“I figured out I was pretty good. I stuck with it and liked beating people up,” said Kelso.

Beating up the competition has paid off for the Lady Bulldogs as they muscled their way to a 16-1 record. Their winning ways have caught the school by storm.

“People at school reward us, I feel like a celebrity walking around,” said Kelso.

The girls also like to show off their muscles.

Team captain Whitney Disotelle said she is asked all the time if she developed those muscled from the weight room.

Her answer?

“Nah, it’s just wrestling,” said Disotelle.

“They have the competitive fire that you don't see with many girls teams around,” said Waller wrestling coach Jason Thurston.

Waller has already captured a team championship and the ladies are ranked in the Top 3 in the state, and six girls will be competing in the state tournament in Austin.

However, success on the mat is not all good.

A lot of people at school are scared of me because I can bully them around,” joked Kelso. “But I'm nice to them. I don't beat them up.”

Disotelle said it also hampers the dating scene.

"(The) boys in school get intimidated,” she said. “Once you tell them you wrestle, they kind of run away.

“So, I don't tell them I wrestle until after.”