Linn-Mar of Marion wrestler Joel Northrup is considering not wrestling Cedar Falls' Cassy Herkelman at 112 pounds Thursday in Class 3-A because of religious beliefs, Linn-Mar superintendent Katie Mulholland tells the Register.[...]
Dad: 'We spent a couple of days agonizing' over match with girl wrestler
The father of Linn-Mar wrestler Joel Northrup said the choice not to keep his match with girl wrestler Cassy Herkelman at the Iowa High School State wrestling tournament today was a family decision and an agonizing one, at that.[...]
Video: Girl Wrestler Wins After Boy Won't Face Her
Wrestler Cassy Herkelman is declared winner after her opponent, Joel Northrup, a favorite in his division, refuses to face her because of her gender. Herkelman is one of the first girls to ever qualify for the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament.[...]
Iowa wrestler defaults rather than face girl
** CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO MEGAN, NOT MORGAN: SPELLING OF NAME TO CASSY HERKELMAN, NOT CASEY HERKLEMAN **Bettendorf's Logan Ryan, top, wrestles with Ottumwa's Megan Black in a Class 3A 112 pound first-round match at the Iowa State Wrestling tournament, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. Black was one of the first two girls to qualify for the state tournament and was the first to.[...]
Joel Northup Refuses To Face Cassy Herkelman: Iowa Wrestler Won't Face Girl
DES MOINES, Iowa — 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.[...]
Iowa wrestler defaults rather than face girl in state tournament
Cedar Falls freshman Cassy Herkelman made Iowa wrestling history Thursday when she became the first female wrestler to win a match at the state tournament. She did so when her opponent, Joel Northrup, defaulted on their first-round match rather than...[...]
Female makes wrestling history, Herkelman wins by default
Cedar Falls freshman Cassy Herkelman was slated to take on sophomore Joel Northrup of Linn-Mar in a first round match up. Northrup chose to default the match rather than wrestle Herkelman.[...]
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