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.