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NCS Announces the addition of a NCS Girls' Wrestling Championships
At its October 24, 2003 meeting the NCS Board of Managers, made up of representative from member leagues, school boards, superintendents and other representatives voted to establish a wrestling championship for girls. During the 2002-03 school year approximately 135 girls from 35 schools participated in girls' wrestling. There are now many tournaments for girls only that girls can attend. Click here for more information in a PDF format.
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Senior Nicole Fonda brought home a 2nd place trophy in the 100-pound
class, while classmate Elizabeth Kapua Torres placed 3rd at 105 pounds. Junior
teammates Leilani Relator earned 6th place in the 122-pound class, and
Roslyn Maiava took 7th at 118 pounds.
Kapua (left) and Reggie Torres
Head wrestling coach Reggie Torres explained the four Kahuku girls were
part of a 19-member team from nine schools across the state which went to
the nationals.
"As a state, Hawai'i came in third behind Michigan and California,"
Torres said. However, he felt the tournament did not properly recognize the
Hawai'i wrestlers.
"They didn't give Hawai'i kids any respect. Even though Mililani and
Moanalua girls each won a national championship, and all four of our
girls walked away with medals by the end of the tournament, not one of the
girls received higher than a number-two seed," he said.
Still, Torres is very proud of the Kahuku girls, especially his
daughter, Kapua, who finished 2nd and 7th in previous nationals and has earned a
wrestling scholarship to the University of the Pacific in Oregon.
Kapua said this year's matches were "really tough," because she dropped
down to the 105-pound weight class, and also "because the girls on the
mainland are used to wrestling guys."
"It was a lot of fun, but it was hard work," she added.
Earlier in the season, the Lady Raider wrestlers captured its second
straight Data House Girls State championship by a wide margin over
second-place Moanalua and third-place Kamehameha.
Torres won her match at 108, as did Kehau Kamau'oha at 140. Fonda and
Relator were runners-up at 103 and 121, respectively, while Ashlee
Estioko took fourth at 130, Maiava fifth at 114 and Amanda Aquino came in sixth
at 98 pounds.
Coach Torres said five of the team members will return next season.
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You Ever Meet A Female Wrestler? Well, Now You Did.
10/6/03, Anne Stadler
There are a lot of sports that are considered "male sports." Well to all you ladies out there, there is a chance to play these sports. I got so sick of Pittsburgh Public Schools not really letting females participate on the Wrestling team because they "can't handle it." Well, I handled it, for three years and amazed everyone-even myself.
I was one of the guys on my wrestling team. No one looked at me as a female wrestler, they just thought of me as a wrestler. When I stepped onto the mat, everyone knew I was ready to put up a fight. I asked my mom for the first time if I was aloud to be on the team, and she said sure, and then laughed about it. But she signed the papers, so I wrestled. The first year I was involved, she hardly came to any of my matches. She didn't want anything to do with it because she thought it wasn't my sport (plus she was afraid to watch because she thought I would get hurt). I stuck with it, and the next year I was making it big. I was on Langley High School's wrestling team. I didn't really wrestle any matches during this year because I became more focused on female wrestling season in Febuary and March.
This was the best season of my life (2002). I went to the Pennsylvania tournament (of course, because I live here), West Virginia tournament, Ohio tournament, and the National Female Wrestling Tournament that was held in Lake Orion, Michigan. There were over 400 female wrestlers there. It was the best experience of my life. I made it to the second day by pinning three females and only losing to one. The next day was more hectic but I managed well. I ended up coming 12th in the U.S.A. for female wrestling.
In the year of 2003, I wrestled in a lot of state tournaments as well, including West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the Colonial States Tournament held in Washington D.C. In the Pennsylvania tournament, I pinned this one girl in about 1 minute. She came in 12th place at Nationals in 2003. I didn't get to go to Nationals that year, due to a shoulder separation from a tournament in Ohio the week before, or I would have probably came in the top 6. My mom and I were so upset. I couldn't stop crying because I was missing the biggest event of my senior year of high school. I know I could have done so much better in this year than I did the last, but I can't change that now.
All this wrestling made my senior year exciting anyway due to receiving the KDKA Extra Effort Award. I received this for being a good wrestler, being valedictorian, and also having over 200 community service hours. I also received the YMCA Scholar Athlete Award for wrestling. If you scroll down on this page you'll see me. YES I WAS IN THE TRIBUNE REVIEW-YIPPEE!!! These were definitely the highlights of my senior year and it made up for not being able to go to Nationals.
Anyone who wants to learn more about female wrestling should definitely go to the USGWA (United States Girls Wrestling Association) website, or you can talk to me. If you want to learn some wrestling moves, I got um!! I really wish Seton Hill had a wrestling team as well, because I would definitely be a part of it!!
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School: Langley
Sport: Wrestling
Class rank: 1 of 97, 4.0 GPA
Academic accomplishments: Straight A's all throughout high school, High Honor Roll, National Honor Roll, Won the KDKA "Extra Effort Award", National Honor Society
Athletic accomplishments: Placed 12th in nation for female wrestling, placed ninth in varsity cross-country championships
Other: School library volunteer, Organized team for Race for the Cure, Race for the Cure Volunteer, Junior Achievement.
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Cedar Shoals wins Flowery Branch Duals
Tue, 16 Dec 2003
The anticipated all-female match
between Johson's DeAnn Hudson and Flowery Branch's Rashona Colbert at the
103-pound weight class actually took place twice.
Colbert, who is undefeated so far this season, pinned Hudson twice. the
first time in the first period and the second time in the second period