Jennifer vs. Robert: Legs for Days
The 2022-23 wrestling season has seen a lot of victories for girls. It’s not all that unusual anymore for a girl to be on a boys wrestling team, but many boys still cannot handle losing to a girl. This story is one that I found rather unique. It’s not your usual boy loses to girl, gets pissed forever, or boy loses to girl and is immediately OK with it. Despite both Jennifer and myself asking for an interview with Robert, he did not respond. Jennifer Li has been wrestling for six years. In that time Jennifer has had an impressive 17-3 record vs. boys, but falls short when wrestling other girls, with a (although still impressive) 12-13 record. Last season, she had four matches vs. a boy named Robert. Before their first match, Jennifer was nervous, which she says, is natural. “ I’m always nervous before a match, I'm very doubtful. I think about what the boy will do and what I can do to stop it. He was bigger than me so I thought he would have more strength than me. And I thoug...