WNC Female Wrestling Teams Make History

HENDERSON COUNTY - Two WNC wrestling programs made history Dec. 3.

A year after the state approved a one-year trial for a women's wrestling invitational - the first of its kind in the state - West Henderson's girls wrestling team hosted Swain County in the first female dual meet in North Carolina history.

Swain County took the win 30-26.

Since 2015, the number of girls joining their high school wrestling programs in the state has increased by 30 percent, according to numbers from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. There are now over 250 female wrestlers in the state, in a sport that is one of the fastest growing in high school athletics for girls. 

David Thompson, Asheville Citizen Times