Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling Results & News — # 19

‘It’s an exciting time’: Montana High School Athletics Association looking forward to addition of girls wrestling next season
BILLINGS — As far as scheduling and the format, the state wrestling tournament at First Interstate Arena at MetraPark on Friday and Saturday will look much the same as past years.
The 31st Annual All-Class State Wrestling Tournament will begin at 10:20 a.m. on Friday with the first-round matches. At approximately 5 p.m., the second-round consolation matches are scheduled to start and those bouts will conclude the day. …. rest of story at https://mtstandard.com/sports/high-school/wrestling/it-s-an-exciting-time-mhsa-looking-forward-to-addition/article_e49e6437-5bec-554d-af68-539d81539e8d.html?mc_cid=3ff45774c0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Chatfield earn Colorado Girls State team title
By Tom Blair, ICW Staff
The 2020 Colorado Girls State Championship being held at Thornton High School on four mats as it was moved to a one-day tournament because of the weather. The 147 girls began the day with weighins and then waited around for the start of the matches / rounds to begin. Most would take this time to hydrate and fuel their body with nutritional food, then came the warmups on all four mats. The tournament started on time as there were no missed weighins and only one change at 161 as the Cherokee Trails girl pulled out early in the week. The whistles sounded the start of the tournament on all four mats. The talent of the girls in this state tournament has come forward 10 folds in one year with not only in the growth of the sport in Colorado but also nationwide. The technique that the girls have shown in the first round, can be tribute to the coaches that have stepped forward across Colorado to take them to next level. This tournament has also grown to the 16-wrestlers per bracket and with 65 high school teams in attendance.  First round on the day, finished with four upsets as the brackets were setup by the girls’ regional finish for the top 6 seeds.  …. rest of the story at http://insidecoloradowrestling.com/index.php/16-high-school/1804-chatfield-earn-colorado-girls-state-team-title?mc_cid=3ff45774c0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

North Carolina girl won a state wrestling title and ‘inspired a lot of kids’
By Liz Clarke Feb. 29, 2020 at 10:38 a.m. EST
After placing fourth in North Carolina’s high school wrestling championship meet as a sophomore, Heaven Fitch set her sights on winning the 106-pound division as a junior. In doing so last week, triumphing in an eight-wrestler bracket that included seven boys, Fitch made state history as North Carolina’s first girl to win an individual state wrestling championship. In the days since, during which seemingly every media outlet from the local Fox affiliate to the BBC has called, the significance of Fitch’s achievement has grown, according to advocates who have promoted girls’ and women’s wrestling for years. “This has had a ripple effect,” said Sally Roberts, founder and CEO of Wrestle Like a Girl, a nonprofit that promotes wrestling as a means of educating and empowering girls and women. “It is very significant in wrestling history because it’s a great example of, ‘Yes, women can do it if they’re taught, educated and trained.’ Wrestling is a sport for everybody.” Said Michael Moyer, executive director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association: “It has created terrific conversation within the wrestling community, and it has promoted interest in growing girls’ and women’s wrestling among people outside the wrestling community, which is just as important.”
In Kansas, girls didn’t have a wrestling championship of their own. Mya Kretzer changed that.
Fitch, a junior at Uwharrie Charter Academy in Asheboro, N.C., had a 54-4 record for the Eagles this season and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler for North Carolina’s 1A division. Still, she was overwhelmed by her victory last Saturday, telling Raleigh’s WRAL-TV: “It’s, like, insane what I’ve done. It’s not fully sunken in yet.” …. rest of the story at https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/02/29/north-carolina-girl-won-state-wrestling-title-inspired-lot-kids/

(In Illinois)
Maine East girls wrestling program continues to grow
Prior to her freshman year, Vanessa Montesinos knew nothing about wrestling. She knew the sport existed for boys, but she was much less certain that wrestling had a place for her. That’s when her teammate, Kate Cacho, pitched Montesinos on the opportunity. “I decided to try it out,” Montesinos said. “I’ve grown a passion for it over the years, and now I truly do enjoy putting in all the hard work that it requires. “I felt like the environment was good for me, and (Cacho) felt that way too. Pretty much from the very beginning, it ended up being true.” Four years ago, the Maine East girls wrestling program had one competitor. Now, boys and girls coach Austin Bautista said the Blue Demon girls program has 10 wrestlers, and the number grows by the year. “We’ve had many more girls come out in recent years, girls looking to compete,” Bautista said. “It’s given them many positive moments. The sport of wrestling teaches you to never give up, and this can truly help them become independent, self-confident women and develop a strong belief in themselves. Not just inside, but outside of wrestling.” Montesinos was ranked eighth in the 132-pound class in the inaugural Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association girls state rankings, which are presented by Rob Sherrill. ….. rest of the story at https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/sports/ct-prh-wrestling-notes-maine-east-maine-south-tl-0213-20200210-pwouscccajc47dr7wimrjsz5wa-story.html?mc_cid=3ff45774c0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Lynbrook’s Ally Fitzgerald first LI girl to qualify for boys championship meet
By Gregg Sarragregg.sarra@newsday.com @Gregg_Sarra
Ally Fitzgerald became the first girl on Long Island to qualify for a boys sectional wrestling tournament. The Lynbrook junior put together a 4-1 record at the Long Beach qualifier Saturday to secure a spot in the 120-pound weight class in next week’s Nassau championships. “She wrestled her best tournament of the past three years,” Lynbrook coach Rich Renz said. “I knew she could do it. She was focused and wrestled smart. She’s worked hard for the opportunity to wrestle in the county tournament.” After winning her first two bouts by pin, Fitzgerald was pinned in the first period of the semifinals by second-seeded Andres Castro of Long Beach. The loss forced her into the consolation bracket, and she needed one win to qualify for the county tournament. …. rest of the story at https://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/wrestling/ally-fitzgerald-girls-wrestling-lynbrook-1.41694491?fbclid=IwAR2mZGVVZB31nxo_fhWNfR9RDAVcK_aWp1ODpmImCGHpzqlUY2B_EQLwEHY&mc_cid=ecaa75d4fa&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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