#1 2016-01-07 19:59:24
Clay Durham has been waiting for someone to do what J.P. McCaskey did to Delone Catholic at Saturday’s Canner Duals.
Since July 2014, the state’s Catholic school wrestling teams have been banned from allowing females to join their squads. The policy against co-ed contact sports competition was instituted by the Diocese of Harrisburg and the rest of Pennsylvania’s Dioceses, and mandates that male wrestlers must forfeit matches against females.
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t finally happened on Saturday, after a Ryan Hart pin vaulted the Squires into a 30-30 tie with the Red Tornado with three matches remaining. J.P. McCaskey quickly broke that tie for good when coach Isaias Rodriguez sent out junior varsity girls with no varsity experience in the next two matches, forcing Delone Catholic to forfeit both matches and fall behind 42-30 on the way to a 42-36 loss. Neither Mariah Polite-Lemon nor Yanahis Arredona wrestled in any other matches during the Canner Duals.
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#2 2016-01-10 18:34:30
An "A" for standing behind your beliefs, an "F" for spoiling a great wrestling tournament by your boys because your Diocese is living in the fucking dark ages.
I despised the Catholic high schools growing up for the very reason mentioned in the article, they recruited from all over the city or, in the case of Cincinnati Moeller, the entire state. Of course, now the wealthy suburbs win most everything these days.
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#3 2016-01-10 21:58:34
Baywolfe wrote:
I despised the Catholic high schools growing up for the very reason mentioned in the article, they recruited from all over the city or, in the case of Cincinnati Moeller, the entire state. Of course, now the wealthy suburbs win most everything these days.
I remember that and also recall not giving a rat's beheine. We moved everywhere, including near Harrisburg; 12 schools to get a hs diploma and only one, the worst, was private.
Even as kid I understood organized sport's one and only purpose was keeping truants, slow learners, off the street and out of trouble. One good coach often masked the fact the rest of the faculty were incompetent.
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