This week’s edition of the Section 9 Wrestling Talk show will be be very special. Yes we will, of course, spend a great deal of time discussing the up-coming Section 9 Wrestling Championships. The show will also have a special guest who is about to start something very significant for the sport of wrestling…specifically women’s wrestling.
Ellenville graduate Anibal Nieves has received approval to launch the first ever women’s college wrestling program in New England. Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA will have a women college freestyle wrestling team. They will be a part of the Woman College Wrestling Association (WCWA). STCC will be the first college in the Northeast & New England to have a women’s college team. They will join 18 other colleges nationwide plus Canada to be part of the WCWA. Anyone interested contact Anibal Nieves at anibalnieves@sprint.blackberry.net or (413) 221-5633.
To get all of the information, tune into tonight’s broadcast at www.kjbroadcasting.com at 7:00PM to hear the show live. If you miss it, the show will be archived by tomorrow for on-demand enjoyment.
Mike,
Sorry I missed your interview. Thanks for sharing. As a mother of a girl wrestling in Section IX it is nice to know that girls do have a place in the sport of wrestling. Wish more girls would compete in the sport. The practices are great and keeps them in top physical condition. She always takes practices seriously and really wants to learn. The Minisink Wrestling family has always treated her as an athlete and that speaks volumes. This year another girl a year older has also joined the program and is tough as nails. Same weight class as well. Last year Sofia went all the way to the Kids Section finals only losing by a few points. Let’s see what this Sunday brings for both of them. I would love to see them standing on the podium together. Regardless, both of them always have fun just wrestling.
Thx for the great article.
In 2013, MA will become the first state in the US to have high school girls wrestling as a sanctioned sport. They will wrestle freestyle not folkstyle. Women’s freestyle wrestling has been an Olympic sport since 2004 in Athens (appropriately enough). Hopefully other states will follow MA’s lead so this great sport can grow in popularity in the US the way it has been spreading around the rest of the world!!!