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Women’s Wrestling News, Results & Notes – # 16

2019-20 NAIA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Poll – No. 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the fourth edition of the 2019-20 NAIA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Poll, Campbellsville (Ky.) moved up one spot into the No. 1 spot earning a total of 195 points.
Top 20 Highlights

• Rounding out the top five this week was Menlo (Calif.), Life (Ga.), Southern Oregon, and Providence.
• Menlo had the most individually ranked wrestlers with five including: Alleida Martinez (109), Gracie Figueroa (116), Tiana Jackson (123), Solin Piearcy (143) and Precious Bell (170).
• New to the poll this week was Texas Wesleyan at No. 20
• Wayland Baptist (Texas) had three No. 1 wrestlers this week including: Kaylynn Albrecht (155), Desiree Zavala (136) and Nina Pham (101).
• story and details at …. https://www.naia.org/sports/wwrest/2019-20/releases/WWrest-Poll4?mc_cid=0c135afe6f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Girls wrestling grows by numbers, gets history-making spotlight
The growth of high school girls wrestling within the San Diego Section is made apparent by the need for two divisional tournaments and a separate state-qualifying event this season. San Ysidro High School is scheduled to serve as host site for the Division I girls championship tournament on Feb. 8. Santana High School is scheduled to serve as the host site for the Division II girls championship tournament. Steele Canyon High School is set to host the girls San Diego Masters state-qualifying tournament on Feb. 14. Previously, a single tournament served as the divisional championship and state-qualifying event. The growth of girls wrestling can also be attested to by the increasing number of gender-specific regular season tournaments. Steele Canyon hosted the Cougar Classic Jan. 18. The entry field included an impressive 44 teams and 208 wrestlers. Clairemont topped the chart with 119 points, followed by Valley Center with 114 points, Eastlake with 80 points, San Pasqual with 78 points, West Hills with 77 points, Rancho Buena Vista with 75.5 points, Brawley with 70.5 points, Hilltop and Mar Vista with 70 points and Steele Canyon with 65 points in 10th place. Olympian (12th place, 47 points), Castle Park (13th place, 45 points) and Otay Ranch (15th place, 37 points) all finished among the top 20 teams. Other South County participants included Bonita Vista and Mater Dei Catholic. …. story & photos at https://www.thestarnews.com/girls-wrestling-grows-by-numbers-gets-history-making-spotlight/?mc_cid=0c135afe6f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

King rolls through Limestone
GAFFNEY, S.C. – The King University women’s wrestling team traveled to local rival Limestone College this evening and put together a commanding win. The Tornado spun through Gaffney, S.C. in a flash as they picked up three technical falls and two falls to win big over Limestone 35-5. The only points scored against the Tornado were by forfeit.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 35, Limestone 5
LOCATION: Timken Center; Gaffney, S.C.
RECORDS: King 9-1; Limestone 1-9 … rest of story at https://www.kingtornado.com/sports/wwrest/2019-20/releases/20200130s1re2f?mc_cid=0c135afe6f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

GRAPPLING WITH CHANGE: Girls wrestlers take to the mats in droves across Colorado, the nation
On the verge of official sanctioning by Colorado High School Activities Association, girls wrestling explodes across state
When Ashley Jaramillo says wrestling is in her blood, she means it. Thanks to not only her father, but her mother as well, the junior at Vista PEAK Prep in Aurora has a strand in her DNA completely devoted to the sport. Jaramillo had passed on it up until last year — choosing other sports like volleyball, soccer and tennis — but once the push began to make girls wrestling an officially sanctioned high school sport in Colorado, she jumped on board. Now, she’s part of a wildfire sporting revolution that has created a much different landscape than the one known by her mom, Monique, who wrestled as a lone female in a virtually all-male sport at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School in the 1990s. “A big reason I got into it is because my mom was a wrestler in high school, my dad did it and my stepdad did it, so it kind of runs in the family,” Jaramillo said outside of the Vista PEAK wrestling room during practice Jan. 27. “My mom will tell me ‘When I wrestled it was completely different, I had to wrestle all boys because there were no other girls to wrestle. So she’s extremely excited that I get to be a part of this and she gets to do this journey with me. She’s my biggest support system.” The journey that Jaramillo and so many other girls across the country are on is one that has moved quickly and doesn’t appear to be stopping soon. Colorado will join a growing number of states across the country — 20 at latest count (plus Guam) with more on the way — when it officially sanctions girls wrestling in the 2020-21 winter season. It joins Unified Bowling and boys volleyball as a class of sanctioned sports that the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) hasn’t had since the late 1990s. … rest of the story at https://sentinelcolorado.com/sports/preps/grappling-with-change-girls-wrestlers-take-to-the-mats-in-droves-across-colorado-the-nation/?mc_cid=f21ebbee67&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

De Soto’s Foeller parlays cheerleading into success on wrestling map
MPERIAL — De Soto High junior Jaycee Foeller has heard it so many times, she’s got a response all ready as soon as the request is made. Yes, one of the most feared wrestlers in the state is a football cheerleader in the fall. Which seems strange to some people. “Everyone says, ‘You’ve got to give up cheerleading, you’re a wrestler now,'” Foeller said. “I just tell them that my cheerleading has helped me get to where I am as a wrestler — so I’m going to keep doing it.”

Seckman Women’s Tournament scoreboard

Foeller geared up for a run at a second successive state championship by rolling to three successive wins on Saturday in the Seckman Women’s Tournament in downtown Imperial. A terror at 166 pounds, Foeller improved to 38-0 with an …. rest of story at https://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/girls-wrestling/de-soto-s-foeller-parlays-cheerleading-into-success-on-wrestling/article_aec300da-4540-11ea-b71a-27c7bbb5fa1b.html?mc_cid=1ee623c6f3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Local high school female wrestlers feel left out by the district
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A group of female high school athletes said they are being left out, and blame APS for limiting opportunities for their sport. Blood, sweat and tears are what it takes to be a female wrestler at Highland High School. “We practice every day for three hours, mostly six days a week,” wrestler Tatyenna Sanchez said. As their male counterparts headed off to the Metro Championships Friday afternoon, the girls were left behind. “Girls are not getting as many chances and opportunities to be on the mat,” Sanchez said. That’s because there is no girls division, forcing girls to compete against the boys as schools can only send one athlete per weight class. “When we only get to pick one person from that weight class, it is normally the guys,” wrestler Julia Messier said. “When a girl goes up against a guy, it is just not as fair because guys are naturally stronger.” Teams thought this would change after the NMAA sanctioned wrestling this past summer, but APS has not added a girls division to any existing tournament. “I just feel like we are not getting fair treatment,” Desirae Archuleta said. Archuleta and Santii Santiago from Atrisco Heritage Academy High School dream to wrestle in college. They said the lack of opportunities is hurting their futures. “They say they are giving us their support, but they are still trying to keep us under the boys and not giving us everything we need,” Santiago said. “The fact that they don’t have the opportunity to just see the competition that is out there feels somewhat degrading,” Santiago’s dad, Zerrick Ponder, said. “Just having some exposure is great, but we need something to put on a college resume. Colleges are looking for a metro champion and opportunities to face tougher competition in all aspects.”
APS argued that they have created five new open tournaments that have girls divisions. “It allows a coach to enter all the girls wrestling in the same weight class,” Director of Athletics Kenny Barreras said. “They all get a chance to wrestle, even if they are wrestling one another. It is about enhancing participation and growing the sport.” Wrestlers who spoke with KRQE News 13 said that is not enough. “We have earned our place and we are here to stay,” Messier said. “To not be able to show people that is a big disappointment.” APS said while there are more than 300 boy wrestlers in the district, there are only 47 girls. He said this is a transitional year, and they are continuing to review participation and consider adding events for girls in the coming years….. story at https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/local-high-school-female-wrestlers-feel-left-out-by-the-district/?mc_cid=1ee623c6f3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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