The McLoud High School Girls Wrestling Team took first in the Class 5A Oklahoma State Championship on March 1 at the State Fair Arena. This is only the second state championship for McLoud. The first was in 2002 for fast pitch softball, according to OSSAA.com. The Lady Redskins are shown with their Head Wrestling Coach William Winters, second from left. Along with the OSSAA, the event was sponsored by the Oklahoma Army National Guard. Photo provided
The Class 5A Girls Wrestling State Championship was full of firsts for the McLoud Girls’ Wrestling Team.
This is McLoud’s fourth year to have a girls’ wrestling team.
“We’ve had a few girls that wrestled before that, but never a team of girls,” said Head Wrestling Coach William Winters in an email.
Held on Feb. 27-March 1 at the Oklahoma State Fair Arena, the state tournament had eight out of 10 McLo…
