The number of high schools sponsoring girl's wrestling just went over 100 with Pennridge and Coatesville joining. That means the PIAA will have to make this an official sport - maybe have the championships side-by-side?. That will probably pull other programs in too.
Girls wrestling makes it
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Well done PA (notice I did not say PIAA!). About time....
This is not quite true. Reaching 100 does not automatically confer official sport status. It's merely a threshold that enables the sport to petition PIAA for that status.
High school girls wrestling reaches threshold for recognition as official sport by PIAA [Updated]
“The quality of wrestling from two years ago to now has improved tremendously,” said Gov. Mifflin girls coach Kevin Ochs.
www.mainlinemedianews.com
That said, PIAA is well aware of the sport's growth, and official sport status seems extremely likely. It's likely only a question of how soon -- as in, if PIAA can organize an official championship in time for the 2024 season.
Congrats to the SanctionPA group for its years of efforts to achieve this milestone.
As a father who had a daughter who wrestled, this has taken far too long. It's one of the fastest growing female sports and is an Olympic sport.
Agreed. It’s an Olympic sport and should have support and participation at the lowest levels to ensure success. Took waaaay too long for scholastic to figure this one out. Local School Horseheads has 31 girls in year one. Hellooooo, McFly.
And…. 😉…..I would be surprised if it isn’t the fastest considering it started from a virtual zero.
I’m surprised this hasn’t already happened. Does anyone know if there is anything in the works?
I was so excited when Benton added girls wrestling. I think D4 has five programs (hughesville, Montgomery, Athens, and maybe Milton)
I could see them running this right with districts, regionals and states. Add one mat at each event and it’s done. Will the PIAA do what is right and sanction it? With all the negative things going on with the PIAA maybe they should get keep running it the way they are. Less BS and grey rules
I could see them running this right with districts, regionals and states. Add one mat at each event and it’s done. Will the PIAA do what is right and sanction it? With all the negative things going on with the PIAA maybe they should get keep running it the way they are. Less BS and grey rules
Does the facilities master plan have anything on it for a women's program? Obviously the men's and women's programs could share practice and event facilities, but locker/ training rooms could not be shared as easily.
PA Women's news on the D III level:
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/February/16/Muhlenberg-adds-womens-wrestling
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/February/16/Muhlenberg-adds-womens-wrestling
So proud of my alma mater! I'm also a supporter of the men's team so I'm really excited Muhlenberg has taken such a positive step!
No thanks at all to the Benton school district. They are happy to take credit though. They wouldnt pay for coaches. So the JH coaches agreed to do it for nothing. They wouldnt pay for singlets/warmups, so the booster club bought them. Then the newspaper ran a full frontpage story on it and all of a sudden they were 100% behind the girls.
Dog bites man story: elected officials behave like politicians.
I’m not a fan of most woman’s sports as a fan, but as an administrator or public official I’d be fully behind it if it was possible to have a women’s wrestling team.
I just read an article about this in WIN. 100 is the number named by the PIAA for consideration as a sanctioned sport.
According to the article:
The traditionally-wrestling-rich state of Pennsylvania had not made that move and the PIAA set its highest bar ever in terms of the number of programs needed for a sport to be sanctioned.
sounds like the PIAA
Also sounds like bad writing. PIAA set its threshold at its highest for this one sport? Seriously doubt it. Gives PIAA far too much credit for organizational thought and capability.
I understand why girls will be folkstyle (refs, officials) , but it kind of sucks.
Here is a direct quote from WIN magazine. I suggest you take up the quality of their writing with them.
By 2019, over half of the United States’s high school athletic associations had already determined that girls wrestling was here to stay. The traditionally-wrestling-rich state of Pennsylvania had not made that move and the PIAA set its highest bar ever in terms of the number of programs needed for a sport to be sanctioned.
Thanks for repeating the quote, so I'll reiterate: PIAA did not change the rules in order to stifle girls' wrestling. That's tinfoil hat level nonsense. Fails the sniff worse than HR after we beat Iowa.
PIAA might have changed the rules anyway and then girls' wrestling became a thing.
Doesn't matter -- the sport overcame that obstacle.
My birthplace county has programs in 50% of the schools. Of course, there are only six high schools in the county. But they're halfway to 100%.
As girls wrestling grows, Quaker Valley looks to build program | Trib HSSN
The date May 17 is historic and highly significant in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as the WPIAL.
tribhssn.triblive.com
Oops. At first glance, I did not see the "L" in your handle. I thought you were a little too interested in the topic.
As to your question, there are a lot of good female wrestlers to chose from, Helen Maroulis comes to mind, but being a good wrestler doesn't always translate into being a good coach.
