VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Girls Hi-Liner Wrestler of the Week for the first week of wrestling ending on November 23, 2025 is Emma Trapp. Emma is a 7th grader wrestling in the 100lb weight class for the Hi-Liner Girls Wrestling Team.
Emma started her Hi-Liner wrestling career with a bang on November 22, 2025 by pinning the first opponent she ever faced, Naya Falcon, an 11th grader from Turtle Mountain. Emma wrestled 6 matches on the day (which is very rare, and is the maximum number of a matches that is allowed to be wrestled in a 1-day high school event). She finished 5-1, and all 5 of her wins came by pin.
The highlight of her tournament, came in her match for 3rd and 4th place. She was facing Grace Inglish from Carrington. Emma lost her 2nd round match to Inglish, which meant facing her again was a chance for redemption. With time running out in the 3rd Period, and trailing by a score of 8-0, Emma was in need of a “home run” move to be able to pull this off. Emma was desperately trying to get her opponent to the mat so that she could attempt her signature pinning move, and it just wasn’t happening. With 40 seconds left in the match, with both wrestlers still on their feet, Emma hit her move, called a twister. It’s a difficult position to hit a twister from, but she did it and secured the pin with just 19 seconds left in the match. In talking with Emma after the match, she said “I knew time was running out, I was behind by 8 points and I needed to try something, even if it wasn’t very likely I was going to get it. I had to try it”. Coaches note: That mat and situational awareness is something that is often uncommon across all age groups. A 7th grader that has that awareness, in her first varsity tournament ever, is extremely rare.
To see a video of Emma’s twister, please go here—->
https://youtu.be/Sn0KsV6J_HQ
Emma answered her Hi-Liner Wrestler Questionnaire as follows:
Parents/ brothers/sisters: Loni and Luke Trapp. Brother Simon Trapp
Pets: A dog named MAUI
School activities/sports you’re in: wrestling and cross country
Hobbies: wake surfing, doing nails, and shopping
Favorite class in school: Art
Favorite teacher of all time (Kindergarten through now): Mr. Dockter
What do you want to be when you “grow up”?: I want to be a realtor
Favorite supper food: steak
Favorite school lunch: nachos
Favorite junk food: cotton candy ice cream
Last movie you saw in a theater: the hunger games: The battle of songbirds and snakes
The team went out to eat in Minot at Denny’s. What did you order?: An all American slam without cheese on my eggs and sourdough instead of toast
Counting this year as 1-year, how many years have you been in wrestling?: This will be my 4th year
Favorite wrestling move: the twister
Hardest part about the sport of wrestling: the mindset to keep wrestling and keep trying even when it is really hard
You’re only a few weeks into your high school wrestling career. Is there anything about the sport of varsity/high school wrestling that is different than what you expected/envisioned? : I think it’s pretty much what I expected because last year was a really good taste of the high school room.
What would you say to a girl that is thinking about joining VCHS Girl Wrestling?: I would say that it is really hard but it is worth it because you meet really great people and learn lots of good life lessons too. And it is also great self defense and you will be helping the community of girls wrestling grow.
Girls Hi-Liner Wrestler of the Week is sponsored by Loni Trapp, Ivy Real Estate Group.
