Dave Cloud Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Congratulations to the Tar Heel State! North Caroline will sanction girls high school wrestling for the 2023-2024 season. Awesome! MUSKEEWRESTLER and Misty Kendrex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Wyoming later in the day too. Make it 36: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2022/April/28/WHSAA-sanctions-girls-high-school-wrestling Misty Kendrex and MUSKEEWRESTLER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) Most likely some unpopular questions/opinions. How does girls wrestling look in these states in terms of schedules and implementation? Are they doing JV/Girls/Varsity duals or are they totally separate? Are girls able to wrestle against boys during the regular season? Are girls able to enter the boys state series? Are there duals or just tournaments? How long is the season? How are the schools juggling coaching duties, are they creating totally new positions or adding to the load of the boy's staff? How do their state series look? Are they utilizing the boy's state series venues and dates or using something different? How are practices conducted, with the boys or separate? While I want girls wrestling sanctioned, I also want it done in the right way. The IHSAA had to implement a strategy so that they don't get pressured by other sports to add sports just because. Bowling, men's volleyball, rugby, lacrosse, etc are all gaining popularity at the high school level and if you just add one sport you better have a plan to add others. Edited April 28, 2022 by Y2CJ41 Added a question dstruck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSKEEWRESTLER Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Valid questions. Maybe unpopular, but necessary. If it was another sport being sanctioned, i.e. lacrosse, we would be asking the same questions. I love seeing girls wrestling gaining the traction it deserves, but also want to see it done correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH-Coach Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Does anyone know how the other states are handling the sanctioning of girls wrestling? How do they answer the questions above? I know that a lot of these states are just starting or will start soon. Interested in how the states have been doing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Exotics Wildcats Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Y2CJ41 said: Most likely some unpopular questions/opinions. How does girls wrestling look in these states in terms of schedules and implementation? Are they doing JV/Girls/Varsity duals or are they totally separate? Are girls able to wrestle against boys during the regular season? Are girls able to enter the boys state series? Are there duals or just tournaments? How long is the season? How are the schools juggling coaching duties, are they creating totally new positions or adding to the load of the boy's staff? How do their state series look? Are they utilizing the boy's state series venues and dates or using something different? While I want girls wrestling sanctioned, I also want it done in the right way. The IHSAA had to implement a strategy so that they don't get pressured by other sports to add sports just because. Bowling, men's volleyball, rugby, lacrosse, etc are all gaining popularity at the high school level and if you just add one sport you better have a plan to add others. All valid questions. Would it be best if it was a spring or fall sport? Room use makes it very difficult to host two practices AND a middle school/youth practice. Very few schools have the opportunity to have multiple rooms. Y2CJ41 and Trev Young 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbulldog152 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 I can only speak for Texas because a I went to college with girls that wrestled in Texas but when they started having girls wrestling they ran it with boys wrestling. Same head coach same meets and ran the state series together. Granted they only had about 6 weight classes I believe. This was in the mid 2000s though I can't speak for how they run it now. I would assume their coaching pool has grown to the point they could separate them now. Keep in mind wrestling was very new to Texas when they added girls wrestling. I believe they were the first state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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