Originally Posted By: fan of the sport

4. Saw a girl in Indiana last week that would go deep in the Kansas tournament and IMO would place in any of the 4 classes in KS.



She'd be the first one if she did. Kansas has never had a female state placer in wrestling. Several state qualifiers but none of the girls have placed and only a few have even won a match.

I believe Samantha Gonzales of Lakin is the only girl to win a match in the KSHSAA State Tournaments when she pinned her opponent in the consolation 1st round in 2008 at 103 lbs. in 321A.

Krista Revelle of Jefferson-West also won a match in 2011 at 125 lbs. in 4A but that was because of a default to a Topeka Hayden wrestler, so I'm sure it was because of similar circumstances as this topic relates to.

Now Kansas has had several female wrestlers who have been successful at the national level (Revelle, Brooke Bogren, etc.) when competing against other females, but there has yet to be a girl who has placed at one of the KSHSAA State Tournaments.

It may happen some day, but I do not foresee it happening in the near future. Girls have placed in brackets against boys in state tournaments like Alaska and Vermont where wrestling is not contested at the level of Kansas and Indiana. The glass ceiling will be broken in Kansas, just not this year.


[Linked Image from media1.tenor.com]