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Mar 25, 2024 · Forty-five states sanctioned girls' wrestling with high school state championships. Iowa became the first Power Five school to start a women's program.
- Tom Schad
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Dec 20, 2021 · In Wisconsin, where the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) held its inaugural girls state wrestling tournament in January 2022, WIAA Associate Director Mel Dow said there was a distinct discrepancy in what girls within the sport could define as a successful season.
Mar 12, 2024 · Over the past decade, the number of high school girls’ teams quadrupled nationally and the number of girls wrestling in high school quintupled to over 50,000 through last year, according to figures from the National Federation of State High School Associations.
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Illinois became the 28th state to sanction girls wrestling as a sport, and it came on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, according to Team USA Wrestling. There are now 32 states that have girls wrestling as a sanctioned high school sport. First female champ, Belvidere wins and more: 5 takeaways from the NIC-10 wrestling meet The first...
Girls from 201 schools were scheduled to compete in four different sectionals two weeks ago in Naperville, Evanston, Peoria and Tinley Park— each looking to finish in the top four in their weight class to advance to the first girls state tourney. Freeport's Cadence Diduch (16-3 against the boys) began the postseason at No. 22 on the latest USA Wres...
The first round kicked off with the four sectionals two weeks ago, including the Naperville Central Sectional, which includes all Rockford-area competitors, and wrestlers from 52 different schools. There also was the Peoria Richwoods Sectional, a Tinley Park Andrew Sectional and an Evanston Sectional. The top four finishers out of each weight class...
"This is such a great opportunity for all of the girls in Illinois," Rose Cassioppi said. This series of tournaments signals the beginning of a new era as female wrestling grows across the country. While collegiate wrestling for women has become more and more available — over 100 colleges now sponsor a varsity wrestling program — it's now trickled ...
- Jay Taft
- Sports Reporter
Mar 12, 2024 · MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now...
Apr 1, 2024 · A new generation of girl wrestlers are proving the mats aren’t just for boys. NBC News' Steven Romo takes a look at how high school wrestling programs for gi...
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