{"id":298881,"date":"2023-05-21T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=298881"},"modified":"2023-05-21T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T17:58:12","slug":"girls-wrestling-approved-as-high-school-sport-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=298881","title":{"rendered":"Girls wrestling approved as high school sport in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has officially approved girls high school wrestling in the state, with the inaugural season set for the 2023-2024 winter sports schedule.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/USA-Wrestling\/Features\/2023\/January\/18\/New-York-becomes-37th-state-with-girls-HS-wrestling-program#:~:text=Alaska%2C%20Arizona%2C%20Arkansas%2C%20California,%2C%20Oregon%2C%20South%20Dakota%2C%20Tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">38th state to sanction the sport<\/a>, with neighboring New York making headlines in 2022 as the most recent to join the growing list.<\/p>\n<p>California, North Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Florida and Georgia are among the other notable states that have officially recognized girls wrestling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101510154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101510154\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101510154\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/USATSI_20040765-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-101510154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lenape&#8217;s Isabella Prem controls West Deptford&#8217;s Jaden Bennett during the 145 lb. final bout of the South Region girls wrestling tournament held at Williamstown High School on Sunday, February 19, 2023. (USA TODAY Network)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The decision by the PIAA goes into effect on July 1, with the state championship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/state\/girls-wrestling-approved-as-high-school-sport\/article_4173e973-d757-53df-9b53-b84eb90f9ade.html#:~:text=Girls%20wrestling%20is%20set%20to,)%20beginning%20July%201%2C%202023.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slated for March 2024 at the Giant Center<\/a> (Hershey, Pennsylvania), which coincides with the boys championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The PIAA has officially approved the sport, with the inaugural season set for the 2023-2024 winter schedule.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298892,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298881\/revisions\/298892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/298883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}