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Girls wrestling poised for explosive growth with Kent County (Mich.) Championships providing a preview of new girls state tourney

GRAND RAPIDS – History was made at this year’s Kent County Wrestling Championships. For the first time in the history of the premier high school wresting event in Kent County, female wrestlers competed against each other in their own separate division.

While girls have wrestled at the Kent County in the past, this year’s event was the first where high school girls had their own division at the tournament. More history is on the horizon for girls wrestling this season with girls wrestling poised for an explosion in the state on the high school level.

Forest Hills Central, host of this year’s Kent County Wrestling Championships, is one of the schools at the forefront of the growth of girls high school wrestling. Central has a total of eight girls on the roster this year with seven actively competing. Two of the Rangers wrestlers capped the day winning championships. Hannah Becker won the 103-112-pound weight class while Rachel Schenk won the 112-119-pound title.

A junior at Central, Becker has been wrestling for one month. Becker is enjoying the opportunity to compete in the sport against girls from other high schools and was thrilled when she found out Central would have a girls’ wrestling team this year.  Rest of the story at https://www.mlive.com/sports/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/12/girls_wrestling_poised_for_exp.html?mc_cid=e084b00877&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

December 17, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized