The Louisiana High School Athletics Association says yes to Girls Wrestling Championships at their annual convention. LHSAA Assistant Director, Adam McDowell says girls wrestling is one of the fastest growing sports and for years they worked to get 80 schools to participate, the number required to add a new sport.
Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Brusly High School authored the proposal to add the division.
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, Louisiana becomes the 45th state to have girls’ wrestling championships. 157 girls from 40 schools were already wrestling on the boys’ teams and McDowell says adding the girl’s division was overwhelmingly approved.
Next year there will be four state championship divisions, one girls’ division with 12 weight classes, and three boys’ divisions. The Coach’s Association hosted a High School Wrestling Championship for Girls on Saturday at Baton Rouge Magnet High.