Precis: A teen in high school refuses a match against a female wrestler, a principled stand. Some find this curious, even distasteful. However, the political correctness movement frequently contravenes common sense. Order and harmony are quintessential foundations in our society. As with the last Dark Age, we think we've reached the horizon of knowledge, but this time we use it as an excuse to fiddle with relativism to an endless degree.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa high school wrestler who was one of the favorites to win his weight class defaulted on his first-round state tournament match rather than face one of the first girls to ever qualify for the event.
Joel Northrup, a home-schooled sophomore who was 35-4 wrestling for Linn-Mar High this season, said in a statement that he doesn't feel it would be right for him to wrestle Cedar Falls freshman Cassy Herkelman. Herkelman, who was 20-13 entering the tournament, and fellow 112-pounder Ottumwa sophomore Megan Black, who was 25-13, made history by being the first girls to qualify for the state tournament. Black was pinned quickly in her opening round match.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan and their accomplishments. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times," wrote Northrup. "As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa."
There were several thousand fans on hand Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena, but many were watching other matches when the referee raised Herkelman's hand to signal her win. There was a smattering of cheers and boos from the crowd before Herkelman was whisked into the bowels of the arena.
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jukeofurl
02/18/2011 8:15 AM
The boy exhibited integrity and decency. Wrestling involves the kind of contact which the human body cannot differentiate when it is conducted by a gender which may create have a sexual attraction. In some ways, a male would involuntarily be at a disadvantage on several levels. A stable male psyche strives to protect females and/or children. Not "subdue" them physically. The girls have been granted a gratuitous and frivolous equality. Though I would not deny them their rights, I would question the intelligence of the morons who mandated it. Maybe it is time to examine what wrestling truly is - outdated in a society theoretically beyond its primal origins
jimmy7050
02/18/2011 2:15 AM
This young man is a gentleman and I respect him for it. In this day and age of mindless scumbags his age with their pants hanging down to their knees and sideways caps, the dull, vacant stupid looks on their faces.......who would think nothing of assaulting women for "disrespekting" them.
Damn animals. Good for the kid !!!
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