Grappling a different kind of glass ceiling

Video by Lidia Davis

Graphics by Meredith Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TetRUV0x9kg&feature=youtu.be

 

Abby Phillips, a 16-year-old sophomore at South Caldwell High School, was one of 18 wrestlers at the Women’s Open State Championship Tournament in Bakersville, N.C. on Feb. 24. Though Phillips wrestled girls that day, during the regular season she rarely does. This is because the North Carolina High School Athletic Association does not separate girls in boys into different divisions like it does in basketball or soccer.

[See more here: Taking men to the mat: N.C. girls break up the wrestling boys club]

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