Lake Highlands: RISD's Dallas Community
Lake Highlands is not a city — it is a neighborhood in Northeast Dallas, but it occupies a special position in the RISD landscape. Richardson Independent School District extends south of the Richardson city limits into the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, which is why Lake Highlands students attend RISD schools, including Lake Highlands High School — one of the four RISD high schools that Mustang Elite Wrestling directly feeds into.
This makes Lake Highlands arguably the single most natural community for Mustang Elite outside of Richardson itself. Your child trains at J.J. Pearce HS, develops folkstyle skills, and is on the same RISD ladder that leads to Lake Highlands High School wrestling. There is no district boundary to cross — you and your child are already in RISD.
The drive from Lake Highlands to J.J. Pearce HS is one of the shortest of any community we serve. Coit Rd runs north from Lake Highlands directly to the Pearce campus. Audelia Rd is an equally viable option. No highway is needed from most Lake Highlands addresses.
Programs for Lake Highlands Wrestlers
All programs practice at J.J. Pearce HS on N Coit Rd — just north of the Lake Highlands neighborhood.
- Youth Wrestling (K–8) — every Lake Highlands wrestler starts here
- Beginner Wrestling — newcomers from Lake Highlands Elementary schools are very welcome
- Competitive Team — for Lake Highlands athletes aiming for UIL high school rosters
- Girls Wrestling — Lake Highlands girls join a growing team of Northeast Dallas wrestlers
- Camps & Clinics — school-break intensives that fit RISD's academic calendar
The RISD Pipeline from Lake Highlands to High School
Lake Highlands High School competes in UIL wrestling each season. The surest path onto that roster — and onto the rosters at Pearce, Berkner, and Richardson HS — runs through years of club experience. Mustang Elite's folkstyle curriculum mirrors UIL competition directly: the techniques, conditioning, and competitive habits we build at J.J. Pearce HS in middle school are the exact same skills that coaches evaluate at LHHS tryouts.
Head Coach Coach Rick Ibarra has been building this pipeline since 2019. Lake Highlands families who join early — in kindergarten or elementary school — give their athletes the longest runway before high school. But wrestlers who join in middle school also benefit enormously from technical coaching that school PE programs cannot replicate.
Nonprofit Pricing for Lake Highlands Families
Lake Highlands has access to a range of youth sports programs, many of them expensive for-profit clubs. Mustang Elite Wrestling is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-1770885). We do not charge franchise fees or generate investor returns — our pricing reflects the actual cost of quality folkstyle instruction at J.J. Pearce HS. For-profit club wrestling in Dallas often runs $90–$200+ per month. Visit our registration page to see what we charge.
Lake Highlands Neighborhoods and Getting to Practice
Lake Highlands stretches across Northeast Dallas, generally bounded by White Rock Creek to the west, Audelia Rd to the east, LBJ/635 to the south, and the Richardson city line to the north. Families in the northern tier of Lake Highlands — near Moss Lane, Skill man St, or the LHHS campus on Church Rd — are the closest to our facility. Southern Lake Highlands, closer to LBJ or Royal Lane, has a slightly longer drive but still benefits from the direct Coit Rd or Audelia Rd northbound corridors.
Whether you are near White Rock Lake on the western edge of the neighborhood or farther east toward Audelia, the route north to J.J. Pearce HS is a familiar neighborhood drive. Check the practice schedule and consider visiting during an open session — our contact page can help you arrange a first visit.