Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling News – # 40

1 } – Kayla Miracle: My Wrestling Hero
The 48th installment of My Wrestling Hero features Kayla Miracle. The 2019 World Team member and U23 World silver medalist shares her thoughts on her wrestling heroes: her brother, Shawn, Clarissa Chun and Tricia Saunders.  These are Miracle’s words on her wrestling heroes:
“My older brother, Shawn, is definitely a wrestling hero because he’s the reason I got into wrestling. He never did the World Team stuff, but he wrestled at West Point for a year and wrestled at Blair Academy for a prep school year. He’s always been a huge supporter of me and stayed in the sport even though he’s out of it. I love his passion for it. … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1591822064083&twSessionId=zqmhvgvnad&postId=782539135&mc_cid=54d8473a59&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

2 } – ALEXIA WARD’S SENIOR SEASON
FROM MISSING THE PODIUM TO STANDING ON THE TOP
Written by Alexia Ward
I bet you’re wondering how I could go from missing the podium for 2 consecutive years, to being a national champ. Well, it’s complicated. There were many factors and people who helped me along the way, but the main contributor was my change in mentality. I had been so focused on my outcome goals that I had forgotten about the process. Of course it is great to have outcome goals because it is something to strive for, but I was so fixated on becoming a National champ that it hurt me more than helped me. … rest of story at _{https://www.wreaperwrestling.com/from-missing-the-podium-to-standing-on-the-top-alexia-wards-senior-season/?mc_cid=3dda02df3d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

3 } – Homebound for Now, Susaki Never Wavers from Revived Quest for Olympic Gold
TOKYO — Having seen her Olympic dream all but crushed, and then suddenly revived through a twist of fate over which she had no control, Yui SUSAKI (JPN) knows she must take advantage of whatever opportunities life throws her way. And if she has to wait another year to achieve her goal at the Tokyo Olympics, then she is going to look for the silver lining in the delay of her quest for gold.  “This is the first time for me to be away from wrestling for so long,” Susaki said in an interview by email. “I really want to wrestle again as soon as possible. Even so, there is also the plus side that I can use this time to do image training while watching videos, and put together a training regimen for the parts where I am weakest.” … rest of story at _{https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/homebound-now-susaki-never-wavers-revived-quest-olympic-gold?mc_cid=d457d68b82&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

4 } – Illinois becomes 26th state to sanction separate girls state wrestling tournament
Illinois — the Land of Lincoln — will be the 26th state in the nation to sanction a separate girls state wrestling tournament. Last week, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced it would be hosting a separate state tournament for high school girls in the state, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year. Prior to this just-approved state championship, Illinois girls who wanted to wrestle for a state title had to compete against boys at the state championships at the University of Illinois’ State Farm Center (the iconic concrete-dome facility built on the edge of the U of I campus in 1963). This just-announced IHSA state wrestling championship officially sanctioned for girls — slated to take the mats for the first time in 2021-2022 … rest of story at _{https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/23716?fbclid=IwAR1ZlD6NXGFay8dKZ9WqsaOHnx_gLw_gPqKMbC5dhp0i2j-i8_LX8cbt10A}

5 } – NWCA 2019-2020 NAIA WOMEN SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS
Manheim, PA – On Thursday, the National Wrestling Coaches Association announced the full slate of 2019-2020 Scholar All-American Team and Individual honorees for NAIA Women with awards going to 59 individuals representing 11 institutions.
LINK: Top 4 Scholar All-American Teams
LINK: Individual Scholar All-Americans
“On behalf of the NWCA and our Board of Directors it is my honor to recognize these incredible scholar-athletes,” said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. “As women’s wrestling continues to explode with opportunities it is exciting to see our list of honorees grow each year.” … rest of the story at _{https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/NWCA-2019-2020-NAIA-WOMEN-SCHOLAR-4-6-2020}

6 } – 2020 NWCA High School Girls Coach of the Year Awards Program
Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) is proud to announce the 2020 winners of the State and National High School Girls Coach of the Year awards.  This program is in its second year and will continue to expand as the number of states sanctioning high school girls wrestling grows. To date Girls High School Wrestling is sanctioned in 26 states. States sponsoring girls championships: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts. Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Boys Coach of the Year Winners | http://www.nwcaonline.com/2020-nwca-high-school-girls-coach-of-the-year-awards-program/ This year’s National Girls Coach of the Year is Mike Simons from Thurston High School (OR) … rest of the story at _{https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/2020-NWCA-High-School-Girls-Coach-of-15-6-2020}

7 } – Wisconsin approves girls wrestling tournament for 2021-22
Girls high school wrestling continues to grow at a rapid clip this summer. Days after Illinois had announced it would be hosting a separate state tournament for high school girls in that state beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, that state’s immediate neighbor to-the-north, Wisconsin, has expanded wrestling opportunities for girls with a similar decision.
The WIAA Board of Control — the organization that governs competitive sports events within Wisconsin, voted by a unanimous 10-0 decision Wednesday to have a separate state wrestling tournament for girl wrestlers in 2020-21. The approved proposal will have girls wrestle on mixed teams during the regular season, but go into their own tournament once they get to the postseason. “This does allow more girls to become interested and more schools to become involved,” … rest of the story at _{https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/23723?fbclid=IwAR28Hk5Kihb0qYcd6syTzG0icNC8AFGDLEF3l4jHLSLeCgl7twoMLDk8PV8}

8 } – Movement to sanction girls high school wrestling could impact area programs
After years of slowly gaining steam throughout the state, the Ohio Girls Wrestling High School Task Force has officially launched a campaign to make girls wrestling as a sanctioned sport in Ohio. In a news release June 3, the campaign stated it’s “working to provide educational information and resources to help grow opportunities for girls wrestling and help to promote the addition of schoolgirls’ wrestling programs.” Twenty-three states across the country have girls wrestling as a sanctioned high school sport. … rest of story at _{https://www.morningjournal.com/sports/high-school-wrestling-movement-to-sanction-girls-wrestling-could-impact-area-programs/article_d2eb2e28-acca-11ea-a381-dbe0d49fc4c9.html?mc_cid=9214b6001a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

9 } – Arizona IA adds girls wrestling team title to continue momentum
The Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board voted to make girls’ wrestling a team sport on April 20. No longer an “emerging sport,” the growing numbers of participants were cited as the main reason for taking the next logical step. Only individual state medals were awarded in 2019 and 2020 but during the next school year teams will also now compete in one division for the team crown. The executive board meeting to finalize this setup is scheduled for Aug. 17. In 2019, 224 wrestlers competed at the various sectionals to decide which wrestlers would compete for an individual title in the ten weight classes. That number jumped to 435 in 2020. “The announcement of the women’s wrestling becoming an official AIA sport gives it ‘legitimacy.’ … rest of story at _{https://www.yourvalley.net/surprise-independent/stories/aia-adds-girls-wrestling-team-title-to-continue-momentum,164770?mc_cid=9214b6001a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

10 } – Florida approves girls wrestling championships
Story at _{https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/wrestling/os-sp-hs-wrestling-girls-wrestling-20200609-66eucdq5bzdkhkkuklminrdvkm-story.html?mc_cid=3dda02df3d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

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