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Bechcomber article on the 2004 Pirate Wrestlers Its not a rebuilding year for Pirate wrestlers By Carl Blomgren Are you taking the ... Laurin Daniels Wins Gold for Menlo College MENLO COLLEGE WOMEN'S WRESTLING COMPETES IN THE NORTHWEST Laurin Daniels won three matches to clinch ... Laurin Daniels - All American (Beachcomber article) Tacoma News Tribune Article on the Rock HIGH SCHOOLS: Girls put on a show at Rock Tournament Todd Milles; The News Tribune The last thing ... Seattle P.I. Article on the Girls Rock Girls grapple for the chance to show off love of wrestling By GREGORY ROBERTS SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ... Vashon Beachcomber article on the Girls Rock
Rik Forschmiedt Vashons Laurin Daniels, left, tries to escape from Puyallups Travis Hunter in a recent match at Vashon High School. Daniels will represent Vashon in the Girls Rock Tournament at VHS Dec. 27. Weigh-in is at noon and wrestling starts at 1 p.m. By Rik Forschmiedt Laurin Daniels usually wrestles and holds her own against boys when the Vashon High School wrestling team sees action. On Dec. 27 the VHS junior will show what she can do against girls when the first-ever Girls Rock Tournament rocks the high school gym. Vashon has long hosted The Rock Tournament, this year on Dec. 28, one of the best high school tournaments in the state. Girls Rock is the first all-girl high school wrestling tournament in Washington state. Tournament director Rick Sassara said he would prefer that wrestlers pre-register, but that all high-school girl wrestlers are welcome. Weigh-in is at noon, with wrestling starting at 1 p.m. A Canadian delegation is already committed and the team Daniels wrestles with during the free-style season is coming from Oregon. Because girls wrestling is relatively new in Washington, Daniels and a few other Washington girls compete on the Portland-based team. While Girls Rock is the first girls tournament in Washington, Michigan started the first girls state high school championships in 1997. A total of 120 girls competed in 10 weight divisions, according to a press release from Sassara. Texas is also starting a girls state championship and Hawaii and suburban Chicago have womens wrestling leagues. Only one girl has ever made it to the Washington state wrestling tournament, Arielle Bradbury of Montesano. Bradbury also distinguished herself by winning one match against the boys. Vashon has a long history of girl wrestlers, as does Foster and a few other Nisqually League schools, but the weight divisions seldom match up and the girls dont often get to wrestle other girls. Sassara was not a wrestler in his high school and college days, but he has become a wrestling fan since returning to Vashon to coach football. To critics of womens wrestling, Sassara points to the history of womens basketball, which a relatively short time ago was played half-court, Because girls didnt have the stamina to play the real game. Also, says Sassara, having a daughter, I find it hard to really convince myself that she wouldnt have as much drive, determination and fun in wrestling as I did when I played my sports in high school and college. Vashon Beachcomber article on League Title |
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