Alaska isn't the wrestling hotbed like Iowa, Ohio or Pennsylvania is, but this is still quite an accomplishment.
Also, at the 103 class, girls can sometimes be stronger than the boys. Some girls are small enough that they won't have to cut weight to make it under the restriction.
Finally, the story goes on to say that she has 2 older brothers who have ALSO won state championships. It's just in her blood.
Sorry to post and run, but I gotta get to class. Talk to you all when I get back.
Of course she most likely would have kicked my ass. (dang eskimo chicks)
My sister was an attractive blonde head cheerleader for our high school and dated the starting quarterback. One time, while he was at our house, they got into an armwrestling contest and she beat him.
He dumped her a week later.
He couldn't handle the embarrassment. What he didn't understand is that she arm-wrestled three brothers about once a week for her entire life.
I dunno. I've found that when I wrestle boys, they generally let me win for some reason.
I wrestled 103 in high school. Won half my matches by default (in our small district there weren't many HS kids that small). The one match I remember more than any was one I lost - to a kind from the School for the Blind. He was so fast! He seemed to be able to anticipate my next move over and over.
Took me many years to get over it, till I realized there was no shame in losing to a good wrestler, blind or not.
BTW, at the Easterns (college) wrestling tournament last year, Princeton had a female wrestler. She got pinned in the first two rounds and was eliminated. Perhaps it keeps Princeton's wrestling program innoculated against a Title IX shutdown.
When girls grow up with 2 older brothers, they get strong quick. My 15 month old daughter can get determined and take down her brothers if they take her toy. :)
My neighbor in highschool was in the 98 pound class (I think that was it) He still had to cut weight, but he was also really small. He felt he should get some sort of award for his accomplishments. He claims to have seen more ceilings of more highschool gyms than any other guy in the country.
So we've got the national press celebrating the "victory" of a girl who triumphed in a traditionally male role. Great. But I wonder where the press has been when males beat women at roles that are traditionally female? I wonder how valuable our society considers THAT role reversal.
