• High School Wrestler Forfeits - Girl Wins, Guy is Now a Pussy
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Source: [url]http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/For-first-time-Iowa-girl-wins-a-state-wrestling?urn=highschool-322846[/url] [quote]On Thursday, a girl won a match at the most historic high school state wrestling tournament in the country, but she did so in an even more unusual and controversial way than most had imagined possible. According to the Cedar Rapids Metro Sports Report, Des Moines Register and Associated Press, among other outlets, Cassy Herkelman, one of two girls who qualified for the Iowa state wrestling tournament, won the opening match in her Class 3-A, 112-pound classification by forfeit when her scheduled opponent, Joel Northrup, officially reported and withdrew from the bout, earning a loss but ensuring he could continue to participate in later matches at the tournament. Northrup, a sophomore at Lin-Mar (Iowa) High, cited his personal faith as the motivating force for his forfeit. The withdrawal ensures he can finish no higher than third at the tournament, which follows his third-place finish in the 103-pound classification as a freshman. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan [Black] and their accomplishments," Northrup said in a statement given to the media following his official forfeit. "However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times. "As a matter of conscience and faith, I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa." While girls have been allowed to compete as part of boys wrestling teams in Iowa for more than two decades, the 2010-11 season marks the first time that any girls have qualified for the state tournament. In addition to Herkelman, who you can see wrestling in the video above, fellow 112-pound wrestler Megan Black is also competing at the historic state tournament. When Northrup's forfeit was made official, Herkelman, a freshman at Cedar Falls (Iowa) High was summoned to the middle of the mat and her arm was raised aloft, as you can see in the picture above, signifying the first official victory for a girl at the Iowa wrestling championships. Though there was plenty of reason for disappointment, Herkelman's father, Bill Herkelman, told the Des Moines Register that the family harbored no ill will toward Northrup whatsoever. "My understanding is that they've got strict convictions [as a family], and I respect them," Bill Herkelman told the Register. "I don't have any ill will toward them and I don't think it's any kind of boycott about [Cassy Herkelman] being a girl." In a subplot that could prove to be as intriguing as the initial forfeit, it's possible that Northrup -- who entered as the No. 5 seed in the 112-pound classification -- will be faced with an identical scenario later in the tournament. With Northrup working through the loser's bracket following the forfeit, he will be forced to face off with the losers of other matches later in the event. If Herkelman or Black, who wrestles for Ottumwa (Iowa) High, lose in the early rounds of the event, they would enter the same bracket that now features Northrup, meaning that there is an outside possibility that the Lin-Mar sophomore would be paired against a girl again. Another forfeit would all but end Northrup's tournament altogether, though it would hardly generate the attention or notoriety that his initial forfeit gained, given its history-making role in the annals of Iowa high school sports.[/quote] This kid's a pussy, or that girl's a real butch. Either way, to most people, he's the laughing-stock of the world since this is the headline for Yahoo News.
"I respect your accomplishments but refuse to acknowledge that you can handle yourself!"
I think he just didn't want to lose to a girl
Poor guy, why the hell is this so goddamn publicized?
Poor guy, voluntarily withdrawing from a fight! [editline]17th February 2011[/editline] What a shame that must have been to choose
Oh boo hoo, the girl knew what she was doing when she signed up for wrestling, that's no excuse
I was in a wrestling match with a girl once, and I lost [sp]my virginity[/sp]
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28113651]I think he just didn't want to lose to a girl[/QUOTE]This guy at my old school lost to a 5'3 chick that weighed like 110 pounds. She also broke his collar bone :v:
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;28113617]"I respect your accomplishments but refuse to acknowledge that you can handle yourself!"[/QUOTE] Asshole to english translation: "I know I'm going to lose so I'm just going to contradict myself and act stupid"
He's an idiot not a pussy.
[QUOTE=Swiket;28113802]I was in a wrestling match with a girl once, and I lost [sp]my virginity[/sp][/QUOTE] I got beat up by a girl when I was 14 once
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28113912]He's [b]a idiot[/b] not a pussy.[/QUOTE]lol
Wouldn't it be crazy awkward though if he popped a boner right there in the match?
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28113943]Wouldn't it be crazy awkward though if he popped a boner right there in the match?[/QUOTE] If he was like me, he'd beat her in the face with it.
[QUOTE=Glitch360;28113935]lol[/QUOTE] Pedant
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28113963]Pedant[/QUOTE]Don't be hatin :smug:
Oh come on, I'd forfeit if I had to fight a girl as well. Actually fighting her would simply not be gentlemanly.
[quote]"As a matter of conscience and faith, I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner.[/quote] What makes it right for you to engage another male in [mediated, respectable] combat, but not a female? This isn't about respect or conscious, it's about sexism you bigoted dolt.
wooo girl power
[QUOTE=Zondac;28114004]Oh come on, I'd forfeit if I had to fight a girl as well. Actually fighting her would simply not be gentlemanly.[/QUOTE] Is wrestling other dudes gentlemanly?
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28114166]Is wrestling other dudes gentlemanly?[/QUOTE] More gentlemanly than wrestling chicks
[QUOTE=Zondac;28114194]More gentlemanly than wrestling chicks[/QUOTE] i couldn't wrestle, it's really too funny to take it seriously at least football has a pregnancy metaphor in it but wrestling is just rubbing each other till one of you gives up
[QUOTE=Zondac;28114194]More gentlemanly than wrestling chicks[/QUOTE] How? [editline]17th February 2011[/editline] Do they wear top hats and monocles?
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28114226]How?[/QUOTE] Because wrestling against a chick is totally not a smooth move. You kiss them, not wrestle. Jeeze
[QUOTE=Zondac;28114004]Oh come on, I'd forfeit if I had to fight a girl as well. Actually fighting her would simply not be gentlemanly.[/QUOTE] Gentlemanliness: Not respecting the choices of women because you consider them to be less capable than men. Am I about hitting the mark?
[QUOTE=thisispain;28114220]i couldn't wrestle, it's really too funny to take it seriously at least football has a pregnancy metaphor in it but wrestling is just rubbing each other till one of you gives up[/QUOTE] I wouldn't wrestle either, but if I had to, it would not be against a girl
He didn't even get in the ring with her... He didn't want to throw down with a girl and so he didn't ... How's that make him a pussy? If he went in there and slammed her ass in the first 10 seconds of the match how would he be perceived?
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;28114259]Gentlemanliness: Not respecting the choices of women because you consider them to be less capable than men. Am I about hitting the mark?[/QUOTE] Well, I'm just saying this because I once ended up hurting a girl I was in love with because she wanted to fight against me. I kicked her in the throat on accident and sent her to the hospital. After that I've decided never to fight a girl, no matter how much they want it. Heck, I'd rather let myself be owned in the fight if it was unavoidable, as fighting against them goes against my morals
[QUOTE=TheTalon;28114276]He didn't even get in the ring with her... He didn't want to throw down with a girl and so he didn't ... How's that make him a pussy? If he went in there and slammed her ass in the first 10 seconds of the match how would he be perceived?[/QUOTE] He would be a winner.
he was obviously gay
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