Hey Tony,
Haven't been on this forum in quite a while, just saw you and Ed's posts today. Been real busy at work and when we get a chance, training Hanna for Southern Plains. She's going to try and make All-American against the boys in freestyle and greco this year. Sounds like you've got everything straightened out for Karissa to wrestle for your middle school. Get use to things like this, it won't change. There is always plenty of narrow minded people out there who you will have to deal with in some way or another. Karissa is one of the special ones and as she gets better and better, beating all the boys, more people will come after her. I won't go into all the things that have happened to us here on an open forum, but it's a constant battle. One bright side is that 90% of the people in "the wrestling community" are very positive towards the girls. Good luck and be stubborn, things like this will crop up every season. The main thing I try to do when this gender thing happens is to keep Hanna completely out of the loop. She takes care of things on the mat, I take of everything else(the grown ups). Because what it really comes down to with girls like Karissa, Hanna and many others, is they just love to wrestle. They aren't "girl wrestlers" they are just wrestlers and they aren't going anywhere. Here's my e-mail if you to e-mail me. brute552001@earthlink.net
See ya,
Steve Martin