High School girl wrestler nearly lost her life.

[Wiz Imp]

35. First of all, a person with a history of injuring other people should not be allowed on the wrestling team.

Second of all, "Body slams" in general are illegal in high school wrestling so wh is a coach allowing a wrestler to do that to another wrestler on his team? Sounds like a sadist to me.

https://www.indeewrestling.com/folkstyle-wrestling-rules/#:~:text=Penalty%20Points%20%E2%80%93%20P1%20or%20P2,first%20penalty%20is%201%20point.

Folkstyle Wrestling Rules

Penalty Points – P1 or P2 – 1 or 2 points – A wrestler in any of the three scoring positions can earn one or two penalty points when their opponent breaks the rules of wrestling. These rules include no stalling (one stall warning “S” is given before penalizing for stalling), no swearing, kicking, scratching, biting, hitting, body slamming an opponent to the mat, bending any body part beyond its normal range of motion (the referee will try to stop these situations as “potentially dangerous” before someone is injured), or using holds from the illegal holds’ list. On the penalty chart, any first penalty is 1 point. Any second penalty is 1 point. Any third penalty is 2 points. Any fourth penalty is disqualification. Unsportsmanlike conduct and flagrant misconduct can lead to immediate disqualification.

see this video starting around 2:00

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There is a clearly false statement in this story though. It says the guy who injured the girl was twice her size. He was only 3 weight classes above her - clearly much bigger but it's a big exaggeration to say he was twice her size. In Michigan where this happened, in high school wrestling, 3 weight classes (at weights under 165) represents at most 20 pounds. (though I guess she could be at the lowest weight class which is 106 but weigh less than that, while 3 weight classes higher would be 126.)

https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/05/mhsaa-announces-new-weight-class-divisions-for-boys-and-girls-wrestling.html