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zorionek0 OP t1_j9kyiz1 wrote

More than 1000 female student athletes compete in wrestling across the state. Just last week, Perkiomen Valley and Pennridge became the 99th and 100th high schools to add girls' wrestling programs, the minimum number for PIAA to "sanction" a sport.

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sheepdog2a t1_j9pnt48 wrote

If it doesn’t exist, create it! done the way it should be done! Great job girls!

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zorionek0 OP t1_j9tqb5p wrote

Absolutely! The kids are alright. Our local paper had a couple of good quotes from the young women who started this project and it was really inspiring.

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benjaminbrixton t1_j9v1m4q wrote

What sport is being added for boys to make this Title IX compliant? Or does this make it so?

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zorionek0 OP t1_j9v7ivn wrote

I think Title IX compliance is on a school by school basis. So if High School A wants to add girls wrestling they could pair it with boys wrestling or similar?

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benjaminbrixton t1_j9xb3pu wrote

I believe that is the case, but if all schools are currently compliant with an even number of sports for boys and girls then wouldn’t they now need to add another boys sport to level it out again?

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BeatsMeByDre t1_j9of6pz wrote

Can't wait for all the people who "love freedom" to post their hate speech about this publicly on Facebook.

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zorionek0 OP t1_j9ofzc0 wrote

I’m not trying to get political about it. I think it’s cool that what started as a grassroots effort eventually led to the creation of enough teams across the state to get PIAA to sanction it as an official sport

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BeatsMeByDre t1_j9q2trs wrote

Oh absolutely. I guess I'm just conditioned to hear complaining whenever I see "girls" and "wrestling" in the title, hell even "girls" + "high school" in the title sets people off.

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