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As popularity of high school wrestling increases, Bixby standout Ainslie Lane helps push for girls state tournament

Even in Oklahoma they are looking to add Girl’s Wrestling division.
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Ainslie Lane will never get to participate in an all-girls high school state tournament and likely will never win an individual state title. But she wants to make sure others have the opportunity she’s going to miss. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

STATE OF GIRLS WRESTLING NATIONALLY

States sanctioning girls wrestling in 2019
Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
States in pilot programs in 2018-19
Colorado, New Mexico
States seriously discussing the possibilities in 2018-19
Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin

Bixby senior Ainslie Lane is one of the state’s top female wrestlers. And she’s on a mission.  Lane will never get to participate in an all-girls high school state tournament and likely will never win an individual state title.  But she wants to make sure others have the opportunity she’s going to miss.  “I’m not that upset about it because my career will continue after high school,” she said. “But my experience has made me want to grow the sport for other girls. I might not feel as passionately about it if I hadn’t been the only girl in the room for so long.”  A five-time freestyle All-American, Lane wrestles with Bixby’s varsity boys program because the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association does not sanction a separate girls division. But the idea is gaining currency.

Evidence suggests rapid growth in girls and women’s wrestling at the state and national levels. Participation in local youth programs is mushrooming.  This school year, 10 state associations will sanction all-girls state tournaments and seven more are involved in pilot programs or serious discussions about moving forward with the sport.

Now, it’s time for Oklahoma to get into the act, OSSAA wrestling chairman Todd Goolsby said. Goolsby has seen the trend and recognizes the possibilities.
Rest of the story at  https://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/okpreps/high-school-wrestling-bixby-standout-ainslie-lane-helps-push-for/article_3e5f7826-612f-5050-bf8d-cc0cb6a82403.html?mc_cid=e17b01acc0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

September 30, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Court rules EMU violated Title IX in dropping women’s sports

We hope that wrestling would be considered if sports teams are reinstated.
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YPSILANTI, MI – A federal court granted a preliminary injunction Thursday, Sept. 27, temporarily halting the elimination of two women’s sports teams at Eastern Michigan University.  U.S. District Court Judge George Caram Steeh ruled that there was a “clear showing that (EMU is) in violation of Title IX,” meaning the university must work out a plan to bring back its women’s softball and tennis teams.

The judge ordered EMU and the two-former student-athletes who filed the complaint enter a status conference with the court on Oct. 23, to discuss the implementation of the court’s order.   “The court recognizes that its ability to craft a solution is limited and that often the parties are in a better position to accommodate the interests of both sides,” the ruling states.   Rest of the story at https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/09/court_ruled_emu_violated_title.html?mc_cid=b7ac0e5e57&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

September 30, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Surge from PA Power Wrestling

PITTSBURGH -– The Pennsylvania Wrestling Media Company, PA Power Wrestling, has announced an inaugural preseason tournament, The Surge, which will place on Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday Nov. 4, 2018, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Read more about The Surge and register here!

September 30, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment