[lit-ideas] Wrestling
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:09:07 -0800
Alaska girl makes history with wrestling title
Associated Press
Michaela Hutchison became the first girl in the nation to win a state
high school wrestling title while competing against boys.
Hutchison won the final of the 103-pound weight class during Alaska's
big school wrestling championships. The Skyview High sophomore entered
the state tournament ranked No. 1 in her weight class.
Amid chants of "C'mon Michaela" and "Girl Power," Hutchison earned a 1-0
victory Saturday over Colony High School's Aaron Boss.
She scored an escape with 16 seconds left to beat Boss for the second
time in as many weeks. Family and friends mobbed Hutchison as she walked
away from the mat with a bloody nose, while the crowd rose in a standing
ovation.
"They were helping me," Hutchison told the Anchorage Daily News.
She finished the season with a 45-4 record that included 33 pins, one
shy of the state single-season record. Hutchison is the third in her
family of 10 children to win a state title, joining brothers Zeb and Eli.
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Robert Paul
Reed College
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