Female Wrestler Tries to Take County Championship
posted 3:53 pm Mon February 25, 2008 - Silver Spring, Md.
Two years ago, Maroulis was Maryland's first female to place in the state championship in high school wrestling as a freshman. She was sixth in the 112 pound weight class. In her junior year, Maroulis' record is 31 and 2, but she wants a county championship title before heading back to states. Maroulis is the only girl in the county tournament, but she says that shouldn't matter. "Once I prove myself to them and show them that I'm there and I'm serious and want to work hard, they all respect that."
On the first day of the tournament, Maroulis started by pinning Churchill's Saam Tashayyod in 5 minutes and 24 seconds. Then, she beat Walt Whitman's Andrew Follman 13-to-3 in a major decision. In the semi-finals, Maroulis came from behind to defeat Chance Sellman of Damascus 14-to-8.
"Everybody's gunning for her, so she's gotta be ready," said Magruder High School assistant wrestling coach Kevin Phelps.Maroulis' coaches said she's one of their hardest workers and best technical wrestlers. "She's one of the guys, except for not being able to go into the locker rooms, she's just a wrestler."
After the county championship finals, she goes to regionals and then states. She doesn't want to stop there. "I want to wrestle in college, I want to go to the Olympics, I just want to keep wrestling as long as I can because I just really enjoy it."
Maroulis has to beat defending champion Danny Lethbridge of Paint Branch in the county championship. Lethbridge has defeated Maroulis three time before, but in their only bout this year, Maroulis won 5-to-2.
Latest Comment on Female Wrestler Tries to Take County Championship
PeeGee 5-O
11:09 pm on 02/26/08
That's awesome. As a former wrestler, I'll be pushing my daughter to try out wrestling.
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