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CLEAR LAKE<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 History was made Tuesday morning at Clear Lake High School.<\/p>\n

Clear Lake\u2019s Haley Jackson and Chloe Williamson became the first two females to sign with the NIACC women\u2019s wrestling program.<\/p>\n

\"Picture<\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to be the first two girls to sign there,\u201d said Williamson, who was a two-time state qualifier, \u201cand be the beginning of the program. I hope we can do great things for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

NIACC, which added women\u2019s wrestling as a sport in February, is one of four ICCAC schools to now have women\u2019s wrestling. Indian Hills, Iowa Western and Iowa Central also have recently added the sport.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s wrestling will become a sanctioned sport by the NJCAA starting in the 2022-23 season. The women\u2019s wrestling season will take place during the winter sports season along with the men\u2019s wrestling season.<\/p>\n

NIACC women\u2019s wrestling coach Basil Minto is excited to have his first two recruits signed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great thing to get two local talents,\u201d Minto said. \u201cThis will help build the program and it\u2019s a great thing for NIACC and Clear Lake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s wrestling is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States, according to the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Since 1994, the number of women who wrestle in high school has grown from 804 to over 28,000 (as of 2021).<\/p>\n

\"Picture<\/a>Jackson didn\u2019t start wrestling until her senior year of high school and qualified for the state tournament. Now Jackson is looking forward to competing at the collegiate level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI joined my senior year and didn\u2019t really know what I was getting myself into,\u201d Jackson said, \u201cbut it turned out to be one of my favorite sports and it\u2019s something that I\u2019m really passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to really improve myself in college and do something good for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson said she\u2019s excited about the growth of women\u2019s wrestling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were there at state when the (IGHSAU) sanctioned it,\u201d Jackson said of the decision to sanction girls wrestling as a sport. \u201cWe kind of knew it was coming and when I heard that NIACC was adding wrestling, I immediately wanted to wrestle, because I was planning on going there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Picture<\/a>Minto said he is surprised about the growth of women\u2019s wrestling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last six months, it\u2019s really blown up,\u201d Minto said. \u201cI didn\u2019t think it would take off this quick. It\u2019s a good thing for the sport of wrestling. If you look at the sport of basketball, women have the WNBA. It\u2019s about time women have their voice in wrestling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen want to wrestle and it\u2019s just going to continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williamson is also relatively new to the sport of wrestling as she started competing during her junior season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been really great learning in high school,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like any other sport that I\u2019ve done. It\u2019s a really good environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really hope that we can inspire other girls in the area to wrestle. I think NIACC having a team will give girls something to look up to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Are you interested in attending NIACC?\u00a0\u00a0Apply Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

North Iowa Area Community College, founded in 1918, is a nationally-recognized, two-year college located in central North Iowa.\u00a0 With approximately 3,000 career and transfer students, the College has been recognized by the Aspen Institute as a leading community college in the nation.\u00a0 NIACC welcomes students from across Iowa, Minnesota, the nation, and the world. The College has served as a leader in student-centered learning, community engagement, and collaborative leadership for more than 100 years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLEAR LAKE\u00a0\u2013 History was made Tuesday morning at Clear Lake High School. 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