The girls will be wrestling in the traditional folk style versus the Olympic style. "We'll be excited when they execute basic moves correctly and when they get that arm raised above their head in victory, it's going to be very exciting for us."Įslick and his assistant coaches have been starting the girls off with basic steps, basic stances, basic shots and basic moves in order to train the athletes' muscle memory. It's not going to be as fast or intense as the boys because they are more experienced. "We're not worried about a championship, we're just worried about getting the kids on the mat. "Our mindset right now is to get them coached up in the basics and help them experience that first win," Eslick said. While Eslick said he thinks the Jays have some athletes who could vie for a state title and potential scholarships, the head coach is starting things off from square one. UJ finished seventh out of 31 competing teams at last spring's NAIA National Invitational. The Jimmies are coached by Olympic Trials qualifier Shauna Kemp. The sanctioning of girls wrestling also provides high school athletes the chance to get scholarships to higher education institutions like the University of Jamestown. The head coach also noted that, unlike some other sports, wrestling is typically rather inexpensive other than the cost of shoes and headgear. The Blue Jays have 10 high school girls and six from Jamestown Middle School who are giving the sport a go this season.Įslick said wrestling requires no prior knowledge or skill to gain success.
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"I don't think any of those schools have a full lineup, but it's exciting to watch it grow," Eslick said. LaMoure/Litchville-Marion, Oakes, Ellendale/Edgeley/Kulm, Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter and South Border are among the Class B Region 3 teams who have made up teams. In the Eastern Dakota Conference, nine schools including Devils Lake, Valley City, Grand Forks Central, Wahpeton and Fargo Davies have put together teams. Ten out of the 11 schools in the WDA are now listed as having a girls wrestling team. Girls wrestling is currently the fastest-growing high school sport in America. Last winter there were approximately 80 girls who participated in wrestling compared to numbers in the 60s back in 2015-16. Over 50 female wrestlers competed in the 2021 girls' high school state wrestling championships at the Fargodome in Fargo. The state of North Dakota has held these championships for the past five years. Prior to this year, like many other unsanctioned states, North Dakota has held a non-sanctioned girls high school state wrestling championship. "It's brand new territory for us starting a brand new program from scratch but it's exciting for us." "Once the girls understood that it is girls wrestling and they no longer have to wrestle boys, there was some anxiety that went away and there were quite a few more girls who came out and wanted to try it," Eslick said. Twenty-four states have sanctioned the sport since 2018.
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