Boys Can Beat Girls
Submitted by mcd3430 on October 21, 2007
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Imagine a boy and a girl of the same weight, trying to be the first to pin the other. Who do you think would win? That is the very question I asked myself in the tenth grade. When the challenge or dare was presented to wrestle on the all boys team, I could not pass it by. After all, girls can beat boys.
Joining the boys wrestling team was not as easy as expected. There was a physical fitness test to pass, as well as the constant physical strain of practice. Although most people supported the idea of a girl on a boy’s team, there were some who thought the idea was ludicrous. Under the constant pressure to succeed in the sport and prove that it was possible for girls to wrestle boys proved to be a bigger challenge then was first thought.
The practices every day were grueling and intense, both physically and mentally. The constant moving, running, drilling,...