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Article: Future of wrestling could lie with other gender.(Sports)(Women taking role in what has traditionally been a men's sport)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2004
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Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard
The sport of wrestling is far from dead, but at the college level it appears to be on life support.
`More than 200 Division I wrestling programs have been cut in the last 15 years,' said Brent Walsh, athletic director and wrestling coach at Sheldon High School. `And in high school, when you have to pay to play, most kids don't want to spend $125 for a sport they're not sure about.'
Is there a solution in sight? Maybe.
According to many in the local wrestling community, the savior to their sport might be found in the growing number of females who are pounding on the door of opportunity for a ...