First of all I am not tring to add fuel to the fire. I have been hesitant to even comment on here. But, I feel the need to defend my child that just happens to be a girl that wrestles. What has happened is not ANY of the kids' fault. They are stuck in the middle with no control. I know they all wanted to wrestle. They're wrestlers. Here I go with my support of my daughter...

She also has worked her butt off since she started wrestling at 5 in the Olathe Youth Wrestling program. Just like the boys have. That has never been mentioned.

She is wrestling for scholarship opportunities as well for women's wrestling. Which are expensive, private church schools.

While living in California, she wrestled boys and girls. As an 8th grader she won Northern Cal USGWA State tourney. She took 2nd at Cal State tourney. She went on to USA Nationals in OKC and placed 2nd. Behind none other than Cassandra
Herkelman(Iowa).

Her freshman year we moved back to Kansas and was welcomed to the Mill Valley team. She practiced with the varsity but wrestled JV tourneys. She went to the USGWA Kansas State tourney and took first. Beat a junior and a senior both from the Kansas Crusaders girls club. She hurt her shoulder there but went on to USA Nationals OKC and took 8th.

She tore her rotator cuff and spent 9 months rehab. Yes she has dealt with injuries as well just like the boys do. Her rehab kept her out of wrestling her sophmore year up until the last couple of JV tourneys. She didn't do well. Her shoulder strength was not what is was. It also took her out of her pitching position in softball.

That brings us to this year. She has once again battled in practice and worked her butt off to win the varsity spot before any of this happened. Now she is going to State which has been a dream for her just as any other wrestler out there. Some say she doesn't deserve it, some do. I'm not here to argue any opinions. All I know is that she was there ready to wrestle as where the boys. It was unfortunate that they weren't allowed to. I guess we will never know how the outcome might have been. Thats why they wrestle the matches.

Until Kansas gets girl's wrestling like many other states, this is what we have to deal with.

I respect the schools involved, Catholic Church and it's beliefs and values. But please don't sell my daughter short of any hard work and dedication to this awesome sport.