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MONTGOMERY – Daphne High School emerged as team champion at the first statewide AHSAA girls’ only wrestling tournament held at Hoover High School Jan. 23.
The Trojans, coached by Joseph Jefcoat, scored 85 points to edge Thompson, which finished second with 82. W.S. Neal finished third with 54 points, followed by Northside Methodist Academy with 39, Auburn and Enterprise with 38 each.
Approximately 100 girls competed in the emerging sport for girls, which hopes to become officially sanctioned in the AHSAA soon if growth continues, with 23 schools scoring points in the tournament that featured 11 weight divisions. The competition, which showcased the growth in girls’ interest in wrestling across the state, had girls ranging from senior to seventh grade competing in the tourney.
75 girls compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling State Championships
AHSAA girls wrestling championships By Christina Chambers | January 23, 2021 at 11:02 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 2:03 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Lex Araujo is the only female on Hoover’s wrestling team and on Saturday, she says she could never have prepared herself for what she experienced.
“It felt so good, it was such a surreal feeling being surrounded by everybody,” Araujo said.
Araujo was one of the first wrestlers to take the mat in the first-ever AHSAA girls wrestling state championships at Hoover High School.
“I was nervous, I was nervous since yesterday, but I’m truly grateful to be here and I’m so excited we finally have a state tournament and to be part of it is just amazing,” she said.