SOURCE: www.rochesterfirst.com

January 26, 2023

This past summer, Canandaigua became the first high school in Section V to form their on girls-wrestling. The Braves will send two girls out of 24 from Section V to compete in the first ever NYSPHSAA girls wrestling invitational today.https://t.co/bFwdHvtOLr

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24 girls wrestlers from Section V will compete in the event

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (WROC) - This past summer, Canandaigua became the first high school in Section V to form its own girls wrestling team. The Braves will send two girls out of 24 from Section V to compete in the first-ever NYSPHSAA girls wrestling invitational on Friday.

The one-day event will be held at Onondaga Community College in the Syracuse region.

Braves head coach, Eric Mullen, said that the interest in the sport has grown not just in New York, but around the country since girls wrestling was named an Olympic sport in 2004.