Where once girls wrestled on boys teams and against boys, increasingly they are wrestling on girls teams and against girls.
Girls’ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country.Where once girls wrestled on boys' teams and against boys, increasingly they are wrestling on girls' teams and against girls.Participating in the increasing number of sanctioned and official tournaments means plaques, medals and state records for these athletes – as well as new faces in their opponents and crowds.
Over the past decade, the number of high school girls’ teams quadrupled nationally and the number of girls wrestling in high school quintupled to over 50,000 through last year, according to figures from the National Federation of State High School Associations.Last year alone, it shot up nearly 60%, the biggest increase for the sport in decades.
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