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Posted: Monday, Feb 27, 2006 - 02:24:15 pm CST
By Glen Swedlund
Daily News correspondent
Tomahawk senior Alyssa Lampe became the first female to finish as a place-winner WIAA tournament. However, Thane Antczak of Chetek/Prairie Farm prevented Lampe from becoming the first girl in Wisconsin history and the second in the nation to win an individual wrestling title in a co-ed state tournament.
Antczak (48-2) defeated Lampe 6-3, to win for the second time in three matches against her this season.
AnthonyLampe, Alyssa's brother, prevented Dodgeville's Bobby Wunnicke from repeating as a state champion when he pulled out a 12-10 victory in overtime for the Division 2 title at 112 pounds.
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Kentuckiana Spotlight
Female wrestler claims Indiana state title
courier-journal.com , February 28, 2006
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Female wrestler claims Indiana state title
Jeffersonville High School freshman Becky Cissell won a title Sunday at the U.S. Girls Wrestling Association state tournament at Warren Central High School in Indiana.
Cissell and her sister Tricia competed on the Jeffersonville boys' team this season. The USGWA holds tournaments in states that do not have separate girls' wrestling. Texas and Hawaii are the only two that do.
In addition, Charlotte Turner of Oldham County won the 103-pound division of the USGWA tournament Feb. 18 in Williamsburg, Ky. She is a member of the Oldham County USA Wrestling Club.
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Tough for Liebman to sit, watch
By Mike Cane 2/28/06
Herald Writer
A record number of student-athletes competed in the third annual state girls exhibition wrestling tournament Feb. 17-18 at the Tacoma Dome, and Monroe High senior Hillary Liebman yearned to join them.
Liebman, who started wrestling in seventh grade, took first place in her division at the first two girls exhibition events during her sophomore and junior seasons. She was primed to win again - until an injury derailed her season.
Liebman broke the middle finger on her right hand during the Class 4A boys Wesco North divisional tournament after she got her hand stuck in an opponent's head gear. The fracture hurt badly, but the jolt of watching the state girls exhibition from the stands was equally sobering.
"It was pretty hard to sit through," Liebman said. "It was harder than I thought it was going to be."
Liebman regularly wrestled for Monroe's boys varsity team this past season, plugging gaps for the Bearcats from the 119- to 135-pound weight classes. "She was kind of the utility wrestler," Monroe coach Justin Springer said. "She didn't always like (competing against heavier wrestlers at) 135, but it made her tougher."
How tough? Shrugging off the pain of her not-fully-healed finger, Liebman plans to compete in the fifth annual Washington Girls Wrestling State Championships March 11 in Ridgefield. The event, sponsored by the United States Girls Wrestling Association (USGWA), drew 622 athletes last year and attracts competitors from several western states. It offers four divisions that range from ages 5 and up. Last year Liebman, who is ranked seventh nationally at 122 by the USGWA, tallied four pins en route to a 125-pound high school-division title.
Liebman, who pays for all of her wrestling-related travel with fundraisers and community donations, has pondered the idea of trying to wrestle in college, but despite all the positive, confidence-building moments the sport has given her, she said it might be time to try something new.
"It's my entire life," Liebman said. "I don't do anything else."