Oregon approves state tournament for girls wrestling

Oregon becomes the seventh state to launch such an event. Outside of lacrosse, girls wrestling has been among the nation’s fastest growing sports, and that’s forcing more states to consider all-girls events.

From the Statesman Journal:

“We’re excited about making the change for next year with girls wrestling,” OSAA Executive Director Peter Weber said. “We think it’s an area that’s continuing to grow.”

Four years ago, there were about 100 girls competing in high school wrestling in Oregon; there are more than 400 girls competing this season.

When Washington started sanctioning girls high school wrestling in 2007, the state had fewer than 200 girls competing. As of 2017, there were more than 1,000.

Currently, girls in Oregon can compete against boys in district and OSAA state tournaments or they can compete against other girls in a separate exhibition state tournament.

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