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South Tama freshman, Maeley Elsbury, competed at the IWCOA Girls State Wrestling Tournament last weekend at the Xstream Arena in Coralville.
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History was made at South Tama over the weekend as the STC Trojan wrestling team sent the school’s first female wrestler to the IWCOA Girls State Wrestling Tournament Friday and Saturday.
Maeley Elsbury, a freshman for the Trojans, traveled to Coralville to compete alongside an overall field of 500 wrestlers from all corners of the state.
Elsbury, who wrestled at 126, arrived at the Xstream Arena Friday with coaches Nate Van Dyke, Jason Arp and Steve Chyma.
Charles City s Lilly Luft honors her late brother by winning a state wrestling title Cody Goodwin, Des Moines Register
Charles City s Lilly Luft honors her brother with a girls state wrestling title
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CORALVILLE, Ia. Wrestling is often labeled an individual sport with a team aspect. It is one-on-one out there on the mat with nowhere to hide. Victories are earned and defeats must be accepted.
Lilly Luft knows this better than anybody, having grown up in a rabid wrestling community in a rabid wrestling state. But she will also tell you that she is not alone in this wrestling journey of hers. Never has been, she continues, and never will be.