Reply #112: I was undefeated, but I had to wrestle, a blind school, a deaf school and a reform school.

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I also had to wrestle a brutally competitive religious school filled with real farm boys which practiced with the college team and were coached by a gold medalist.

I don't think I ever heard of the blind team winning more than a handful of matches, the deaf were also poor wrestlers (balance issues) and the reform school simply showed up.

I knew of guys that both wrestled and forfeit matches with girls. Had I drawn one, I probably would have treated them equally and wrestled them - I can tell you honestly it would likely not have been a pretty sight and would have risked seriously harming them. A serious wrestler in a competitive state like Iowa can be a very dangerous opponent. She was up against a light sophomore with a 35-4 record, if she later continues on the team and goes up against an undefeated senior in a more middle weight like 128 or above she will be at tremendous physical risk.