Sportsiology » wrestling http://www.sportsiology.com Public Sociology in a Sports Arena Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Breaking Through http://www.sportsiology.com/?p=30 http://www.sportsiology.com/?p=30#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:15:54 +0000 Sociology Sports Girl http://www.sociologysportsgirl.com/wordpress/?p=30 When we think of places where women have faced a glass ceiling, wrestling probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But, girls are not only reaching some of the levels of boys but are competing against them. This year, Iowa has  two women in the state championship and even though ESPN reports that Joel Northrup’s religious convictions forced him to default rather than compete against one of the girls, Cassy Herkelman, its good to know that some headway is being made in this sport.

Apparently, only California, Hawaii, Texas, Washington and Tennessee have leagues just for girls. The other states require mixed groups. Is this the future of sports?

UPDATE:  Both girls lost in their first fight at the state level

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