When I started this thread I really didnt think it was this big of an issue..It wasnt to see if girls wrestling was right or wrong it was if a girl choses to wrestle at a "mostly" girl tournament if a club has a right to tell her she cant..My daughter is on her 2nd year of wrestling and I witnessed and she participated in a Girl tournament in Emporia..I have to say To Coach ED COACH BROOKE COACH GONZALES AND MS. JENNI Wow those girls were awesome..To anyone who is against girls wresltling I would suggest going to a Girl tournament and just watch and then tell me they dont fight just as hard as the boys..right now my daughter gets away with wrestling the boys cause she is still young but unless there gets more tournaments for girls she is goin to have to give up the sport she loves for I do not like the idea of boys touching or smashing places that as she gets older would be awkward for them and her..At the 6 under and 8 under I dont really think kids see it as boy girl they see it as another kid..I always tell my daughter that when she is on the mat she is not a girl she is a wrestler..just like everyone else.. Just this year alone we have had a parent in Great Bend complain because she was in their sons bracket..I have had others tell there son they better not lose to no girl..and it goes on and on then there are others who love the fact that she is a girl and making a name for herself..One of the parents on our own team son wrestled a girl and he made her cry and the moms reply was good girls shouldnt wrestle anyway thats what she gets..Of course I heard that and quickly voiced my opinion and her views have now changed or at least around me..I do not see why ppl have made this about anyone being singled out all we are asking for is to get support so more girls can wrestle and so we can have a girls team and the boys can have their team..then all the religious reasons or touching reasons or personal reason can all be eliminated..if more ppl supported girls divison and did like McPherson and offer if enough entries a girls bracket then we would not be having this discussion..Lets face it no boy really wants to wrestle girls only so they can beat them and no girl really wants to only wrestle boys they are all there to WRESTLE...Its really an easy thing to solve Support girls division offer girls brackets and you will see that more girls will come out for the sport and the sport will grow giving everyone what they want Mat time and competition...To the EDISONS I dont know how you guys have fought this fight for as long as you have but I thank you for opening the doors for my daguther and other girls who love the sport of wrestling as much as the rest...