BILLION
BILLION DOLLARS IN GLOBAL TRADE IS BEING HELD UP EACH DAY. >> WELL, THE LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM HAD ONE
GOAL THIS YEAR WIN THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY DID JUST
THAT IN JANUARY. NOW THE
LEBANON GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM
WANTS GIRLS WRESTLING TO BECOME
AN OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED SPORT.
BY THE WAY, I RECENTLY TALKED
TO LEBANON'S HIGH SCHOOL COACH
AND THEIR STAR WRESTLER ABOUT
GENDER EQUALITY IN GIRLS
WRESTLING WITH THE CHAMPS
FROM THE LEBANON GIRLS
WRESTLING TEAM. YOU'RE WEARING
SANCTIONED GIRLS WRESTLING
SHIRTS, JEREMY WHITE GIRLS
WRESTLING IS A LEGITIMATE SPORT
AND IT NEEDS TO BE SANCTIONED
BY THE USA AND SO THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH FOR GENDER
EQUALITY AND TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE GIRLS HAVE THE
RIGHT AND THE BEST CHANCE AND
THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT PLATFORM.
THE THREE 312 HIGH SCHOOLS IN
THE STATE OF INDIANA 101 HIGH
SCHOOLS HAVE GIRLS ON A
WRESTLING TEAM. >> IT'S
AGGRAVATING BECAUSE THESE GIRLS
PUT SO MUCH HARD WORK IN AND SO
I REALLY WANT THEM TO RECEIVE
THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE.
WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING AND WE'LL
KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL WE GET ONE
BUT WE'RE HERE TO ACCOMPLISH IT
IN HIGH SCHOOL. DO YOU WRESTLE
ONLY GIRLS AGGRESSIVE GIRLS AND
BOYS? I CHOSE TO DO BOTH JUST
BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WHEN YOU
WRESTLE WITH BOYS IT MAKES IT
BETTER. I WOULD WRESTLE THE
GIRLS THREE TIMES A WEEK AND
THEN THE GUYS TWICE A WEEK.
THERE ARE SOME BOYS WHO LOVE TO
WRESTLE ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW
THEY KIND OF VIEW IT AS LIKE A
CERTAIN DOMINANCE AND THEN
OTHERS TO AVOID ME LIKE I'M
POISON. I SUSPECT THEY DON'T
GET BEAT BY YOU. YOU KNOW. THAT
IS A LOT OF IT MAKES YOU FEEL
GOOD WHEN THEY LIKE YOU, YOU
KNOW YOU'RE DOING AND STUFF AND
SO IT'S KIND OF FUN FOR ME. BUT
LEBANON IS ONE OF THE FEW HIGH
SCHOOLS THAT DOES OFFER GIRLS
ONLY WRESTLING THE BACK AND
SUPPORT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN
FROM LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL AND
FROM MY PHILLIPINE IT'S BEEN
AMAZING BUT THE OTHER GIRLS
HAVE THE OPTION IF THEY WANT TO
GO TO THE BOYS PRACTICE IN THE
BOYS HEAD COACH KING HE'S BEEN
OUTSTANDING WITH WELCOMING THE
GIRLS, NOT LETTING THE BOYS
TREAT THEM ANY DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT THEY NEED TO BE TREATED BY
THE REFEREE BECAUSE I HAVE THE
IHS A POSITION STATEMENT ON
GENDER EQUITY HERE AND IT READS
IN PART THE NCAA BELIEVES THAT
GENDER EQUITY IS MORE BEING IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW. IT IS
A SPIRIT. IT IS A PERSONAL
ETHIC. IT IS A COMMITMENT TO DO
WHAT IS RIGHT AND FAIR FOR ALL
STUDENT ATHLETES. IT MEANS
CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE AND AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE OPPORTUNITIES
AND RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED
FAIRLY TO BOYS AND GIRLS AND
ATMOSPHERE WHERE NO PERSON
EXPERIENCES DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON GENDER. YOU THINK THAT
THAT IS THE CASE WITH GIRLS
WRESTLING CURRENTLY? NO, I LIKE
WHAT THE STATEMENT SAYS ABOUT
HOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE
SPIRIT AND THE OVERALL MORALE
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE RULES
THAT OUR SCHOOL HAS AND THE
OTHER BOYS HAVE TO KEEP GOING
BUT THAT IT'S MORE THE SPIRIT
OF THE PEOPLE WHERE IT KIND
OF SHOWS LIKE PEOPLE COME UP TO
ME AND ASK ME IF I PLAY A SPORT
AND I'LL SAY I WRESTLE AND THEN
THEY'LL LOOK AT ME AND GO WELL
OF COURSE NO MATTER WHAT. AND
THEN I'M LIKE YEAH THEY ARE AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THEY DO
FOR ME WHEN I GO OUT ON THE MAT
IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS YEAR THAT
BOYS AND GIRLS WAITED. WE GOT
THE BOYS RIGHT IN FIRST. IF YOU
HAD A GIRL SHE DIDN'T LAST. WHY
DOES THAT HAVE TO BE WHY IS IT
GROW UP THE WAY UNLESS WE
STARTED IN 2007 THERE WAS ONLY
NINETY THREE GIRLS TWENTY
EIGHTEEN THERE WAS ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY TWO GIRLS AT TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT TEN
TWENTY TWENTY THERE WAS TWO
HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX GIRLS.
WE GO IN FRONT OF THE HSA IN
MAY TO DISCUSS SANCTIONING
GIRLS WRESTLING SARAH IF YOU
GIVE A COMPLETE IDEAS ABOUT WHY
GIRLS WRESTLING SHOULD BE
SANCTIONED WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
IT'S MADE ME BETTER IN
ABSOLUTELY EVERY AREA OF MY
LIFE. IT'S IMPROVED MY
CONFIDENCE, IT'S IMPROVED MY
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRAIN. I
MEAN EVERYTHING I'VE
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH WRESTLING
IS NOT JUST A WIN FOR ME. IT'S
A WIN FROM A COMMUNITY
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING
SUPPORTED ME ALL THE WAY HERE.
>> I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR
EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE IN MY
LIFE. AND SARAH IS HEADED TO
COLLEGE GIRLS WRESTLING
SCHOLARSHIP AND COACH GOODLETT
WAS JUST THE INDIANA GIRLS
WRESTLING COACH OF THE YEAR.
NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ONE
MORE PIECE OF GOOD WAS LOOKING
TO GET HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
WRESTLING SANCTIONED TO BE AN
OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED SPORT AS
IT IS IN TWENTY EIGHT STATES.
AND AS WE SAID THEY'RE GOING TO
GO IN FRONT OF HCA IN MAY AND
YOU KNOW IF YOU GO ONLINE RIGHT
NOW WE'LL HAVE A LINK TO THIS
ON OUR WEB PAGE. DOTCOM THERE
ARE A LOT OF FACEBOOK PAGES
THAT ARE CALLING FOR GIRLS
WRESTLING TO BE SANCTIONED IN
IN INDIANA. WELL IT CERTAINLY
CAN'T BE TOO FAR BEHIND THAT I
GOT THAT MUCH SUPPORT. YEAH,
THEY DO. AND LIKE I SAID,
TWENTY EIGHT STATES HAVE GOT
SANCTIONED. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT
IT AS WE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW
THEY WANT IT SECTION SO THAT
GIRLS CAN WRESTLE GIRLS INSTEAD
OF HAVING TO WRESTLE BOYS, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF SCHOOLS
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH GIRLS COMING OUT SO
SANCTIONING WOULD HELP THAT.
AND ALSO THIS THIS SPORT NOW
HAS CLUBS ALL THE WAY
FROM CROWN POINT TO THE NORTH
TO EVANSVILLE CENTRAL IN THE
SOUTH END AND HERE IN THE METRO
VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE HER
HUSBAND WAS A WRESTLING COACH
IN TOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS
AND SHE REALLY WANTS THIS JUST
FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU SAID.
AND NOW IF THE SCHOOLS CAN
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANIPULATE
BUDGETS A LITTLE