Girls wrestling is the fastest growing sport in the country. Girls high school wrestling participation numbers have grown for 27 consecutive years. 13,496 girls participated in high school wrestling in 2016. Unfortunately Kansas high school girls who wrestle, rarely have the opportunity to compete against their own gender. 24 Schools Is The Key! There is a proposal ready to submit to KSHSAA, but Kansas State High School Activities Association rules require that a minimum of twenty-four KSHSAA member schools have varsity teams competing interscholastically during the regular season of competition before the Board of Directors could consider addition of a post-season tournament. Having twenty-four schools is not a guarantee that the Board must or will authorize a post-season championship. Rather twenty-four is the minimum number required for consideration of a proposal which would have to come from the member schools. The Proposal • Regular Season to run parallel to the regular KSHSAA wrestling season • 10 weight classes • Duals and tournaments follow same competition point system currently in place • Girls would not be allowed to compete against boys unless the tournament or dual does not have/recognize the girls division • Post Season - single class (6A-1A) state tournament with no qualifier Testimonial “I want to emphasize the importance of sanctioning girl’s wrestling throughout the United States. It is imperative that girls wrestle against their own gender. We should not require young girls to test themselves against males in this sport in order to be a compet- itive wrestler or to be valued as a good wrestler. It is a tough and demanding sport as it is, and young girls deserve the right to compete with other tough female wrestlers. The longer we force girls to compete against boys, the more we prevent the growth of women’s wrestling.” Katherine Fulp-Allen, 2015 World Team Trials runner-up at 53 kg. Questions or assistance, contact: Doug Kretzer [email protected] Head Wrestling Coach McPherson High School KWCA Womens Rep HHH Kansas Girls High School Championship Tournament HHH McPherson High school will host the inaugural Kansas Girls High School Championship Tournament on February 11, 2017. This tournament is open to all girls currently wrestling on any KSHSAA member school team. Wrestle Like a Girl and USA Wrestling National Team staff will be in attendance to support! ~ Not a KSHSAA sanctioned State Tournament ~ To enter the tournament, contact: Shane Backhus, Activities Director/Assistant Principal, McPherson High School email: [email protected] phone: (620) 241-9510 We need to promote change!

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Girls wrestling is the fastest growing sport in the country.

Girls high school wrestling participation numbers have grown for 27 consecutive years.13,496 girls participated in high school wrestling in 2016. Unfortunately Kansas high school girlswho wrestle, rarely have the opportunity to compete against their own gender.

24 Schools Is The Key! There is a proposal ready to submit to KSHSAA, but Kansas State High School Activities Association rules require that aminimum of twenty-four KSHSAA member schools have varsity teams competing interscholastically during the regular seasonof competition before the Board of Directors could consider addition of a post-season tournament. Having twenty-fourschools is not a guarantee that the Board must or will authorize a post-season championship. Rather twenty-four is theminimum number required for consideration of a proposal which would have to come from the member schools.The Proposal• Regular Season to run parallel to the regular KSHSAA wrestling season• 10 weight classes• Duals and tournaments follow samecompetition point system currently in place• Girls would not be allowed to competeagainst boys unless the tournament or dual does not have/recognize the girls division• Post Season - single class (6A-1A) statetournament with no qualifier

Testimonial“I want to emphasize the importance of sanctioning girl’s

wrestling throughout the United States. It is imperative that girlswrestle against their own gender. We should not require young girls totest themselves against males in this sport in order to be a compet-itive wrestler or to be valued as a good wrestler. It is a tough anddemanding sport as it is, and young girls deserve the right to com-pete with other tough female wrestlers. The longer we force girls tocompete against boys, the more we prevent the growth of women’swrestling.”

Katherine Fulp-Allen,2015 World Team Trials runner-up at 53 kg.

Questions or assistance, contact:Doug [email protected]

Head Wrestling Coach McPherson High SchoolKWCA Womens Rep

H H H Kansas Girls High School Championship Tournament H H HMcPherson High school will host the inaugural Kansas Girls High School Championship Tournament on February 11,

2017. This tournament is open to all girls currently wrestling on any KSHSAA member school team.Wrestle Like a Girl and USA Wrestling National Team staff will be in attendance to support!

~ Not a KSHSAA sanctioned State Tournament ~To enter the tournament, contact: Shane Backhus, Activities Director/Assistant Principal, McPherson High School

email: [email protected] phone: (620) 241-9510

We need to promote change!