Vista Ridge's Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton's Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. "The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don't want to," said Vista Ridge's Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)
Vista Ridge’s Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton’s Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. “The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don’t want to,” said Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell, left, and Kai Morrison run drills during a practice in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Mitchell has been wrestling since she was in the 6th grade and was the 2nd place champion in the 2018 state tournament. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista fist bumps her coach Eric Everard before her match at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The girls team has 9 girls this year. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girl wrestlers Grace Lee, left, Angel Norman, Bella Mitchell and Kai Morrison stand beside the mat during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team spends time together as they wait for their teammates final matches during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s sophomore Angel Norman lays on the mat in the practice room at her high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Norman, her two sisters and her brother all wrestle on Vista Ridge’s team. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)USA Wrestling guidelines and suggestions on how to coach women wrestlers hangs on a bulletin board in the Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team pile onto a couch before a slumber party the night before a tournament at the Norman’s home in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team tape together the mats for the girl’s tournament at the high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison, left, listens to Eva Norman, 5, read her a note that she wrote for Morrison at the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman wrote that she was proud of Morrison in the note. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison gets emotional while talking to volunteer coaches Tori Adams, center, and Donnie Liles after she lost a match during a tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista wrestles Calhan’s Shoshannah Rode during a match of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School’s girls wrestling team and family cheer on Angel Norman and Gaby Norman as they wrestle for a spot in the semifinal round of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)A referee holds up the arm of Gaby Norman after she won a match against her sister Angel Normal during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Gaby lost a match in the semifinal round, giving up her third place spot. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Amya Norman puts her ear guard on during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School wrestling team gathers in a corner of the practice room for a talk from the coach in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team runs laps around the practice room to warm up in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell’s name is displayed on the right side of the board for winning second place in the 2018 state tournament in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. This is the first year of the pilot program and the coach decided to code the girl’s names in red to highlight this. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Grace Lee, center left, and Kelly O’Camb run practice drills in the wrestling practice room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Sisters Angel Norman, center left, and Gaby Norman practice in the wrestling room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard demonstrates moves with Bella Mitchell during a practice in the high school’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Jay Morrison, left, hugs his daughter Kai Morrison after she won a match during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Gaby Norman wrestles Autumn Barela for the third place spot during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman lost this match. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton’s Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. “The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don’t want to,” said Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell, left, and Kai Morrison run drills during a practice in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Mitchell has been wrestling since she was in the 6th grade and was the 2nd place champion in the 2018 state tournament. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista fist bumps her coach Eric Everard before her match at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The girls team has 9 girls this year. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girl wrestlers Grace Lee, left, Angel Norman, Bella Mitchell and Kai Morrison stand beside the mat during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team spends time together as they wait for their teammates final matches during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s sophomore Angel Norman lays on the mat in the practice room at her high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Norman, her two sisters and her brother all wrestle on Vista Ridge’s team. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)USA Wrestling guidelines and suggestions on how to coach women wrestlers hangs on a bulletin board in the Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team pile onto a couch before a slumber party the night before a tournament at the Norman’s home in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team tape together the mats for the girl’s tournament at the high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison, left, listens to Eva Norman, 5, read her a note that she wrote for Morrison at the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman wrote that she was proud of Morrison in the note. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison gets emotional while talking to volunteer coaches Tori Adams, center, and Donnie Liles after she lost a match during a tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista wrestles Calhan’s Shoshannah Rode during a match of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School’s girls wrestling team and family cheer on Angel Norman and Gaby Norman as they wrestle for a spot in the semifinal round of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)A referee holds up the arm of Gaby Norman after she won a match against her sister Angel Normal during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Gaby lost a match in the semifinal round, giving up her third place spot. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Amya Norman puts her ear guard on during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School wrestling team gathers in a corner of the practice room for a talk from the coach in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team runs laps around the practice room to warm up in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell’s name is displayed on the right side of the board for winning second place in the 2018 state tournament in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. This is the first year of the pilot program and the coach decided to code the girl’s names in red to highlight this. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Grace Lee, center left, and Kelly O’Camb run practice drills in the wrestling practice room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Sisters Angel Norman, center left, and Gaby Norman practice in the wrestling room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard demonstrates moves with Bella Mitchell during a practice in the high school’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Jay Morrison, left, hugs his daughter Kai Morrison after she won a match during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Gaby Norman wrestles Autumn Barela for the third place spot during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman lost this match. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)
Vista Ridge's Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton's Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. "The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don't want to," said Vista Ridge's Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)
Vista Ridge’s Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton’s Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. “The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don’t want to,” said Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell, left, and Kai Morrison run drills during a practice in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Mitchell has been wrestling since she was in the 6th grade and was the 2nd place champion in the 2018 state tournament. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista fist bumps her coach Eric Everard before her match at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The girls team has 9 girls this year. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girl wrestlers Grace Lee, left, Angel Norman, Bella Mitchell and Kai Morrison stand beside the mat during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team spends time together as they wait for their teammates final matches during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s sophomore Angel Norman lays on the mat in the practice room at her high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Norman, her two sisters and her brother all wrestle on Vista Ridge’s team. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)USA Wrestling guidelines and suggestions on how to coach women wrestlers hangs on a bulletin board in the Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team pile onto a couch before a slumber party the night before a tournament at the Norman’s home in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team tape together the mats for the girl’s tournament at the high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison, left, listens to Eva Norman, 5, read her a note that she wrote for Morrison at the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman wrote that she was proud of Morrison in the note. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison gets emotional while talking to volunteer coaches Tori Adams, center, and Donnie Liles after she lost a match during a tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista wrestles Calhan’s Shoshannah Rode during a match of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School’s girls wrestling team and family cheer on Angel Norman and Gaby Norman as they wrestle for a spot in the semifinal round of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)A referee holds up the arm of Gaby Norman after she won a match against her sister Angel Normal during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Gaby lost a match in the semifinal round, giving up her third place spot. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Amya Norman puts her ear guard on during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School wrestling team gathers in a corner of the practice room for a talk from the coach in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team runs laps around the practice room to warm up in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell’s name is displayed on the right side of the board for winning second place in the 2018 state tournament in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. This is the first year of the pilot program and the coach decided to code the girl’s names in red to highlight this. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Grace Lee, center left, and Kelly O’Camb run practice drills in the wrestling practice room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Sisters Angel Norman, center left, and Gaby Norman practice in the wrestling room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard demonstrates moves with Bella Mitchell during a practice in the high school’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Jay Morrison, left, hugs his daughter Kai Morrison after she won a match during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Gaby Norman wrestles Autumn Barela for the third place spot during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman lost this match. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton’s Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. “The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don’t want to,” said Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell, left, and Kai Morrison run drills during a practice in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Mitchell has been wrestling since she was in the 6th grade and was the 2nd place champion in the 2018 state tournament. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista fist bumps her coach Eric Everard before her match at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The girls team has 9 girls this year. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girl wrestlers Grace Lee, left, Angel Norman, Bella Mitchell and Kai Morrison stand beside the mat during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team spends time together as they wait for their teammates final matches during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s sophomore Angel Norman lays on the mat in the practice room at her high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Norman, her two sisters and her brother all wrestle on Vista Ridge’s team. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)USA Wrestling guidelines and suggestions on how to coach women wrestlers hangs on a bulletin board in the Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team pile onto a couch before a slumber party the night before a tournament at the Norman’s home in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team tape together the mats for the girl’s tournament at the high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison, left, listens to Eva Norman, 5, read her a note that she wrote for Morrison at the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman wrote that she was proud of Morrison in the note. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison gets emotional while talking to volunteer coaches Tori Adams, center, and Donnie Liles after she lost a match during a tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista wrestles Calhan’s Shoshannah Rode during a match of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School’s girls wrestling team and family cheer on Angel Norman and Gaby Norman as they wrestle for a spot in the semifinal round of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)A referee holds up the arm of Gaby Norman after she won a match against her sister Angel Normal during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Gaby lost a match in the semifinal round, giving up her third place spot. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Amya Norman puts her ear guard on during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School wrestling team gathers in a corner of the practice room for a talk from the coach in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team runs laps around the practice room to warm up in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell’s name is displayed on the right side of the board for winning second place in the 2018 state tournament in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. This is the first year of the pilot program and the coach decided to code the girl’s names in red to highlight this. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Grace Lee, center left, and Kelly O’Camb run practice drills in the wrestling practice room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Sisters Angel Norman, center left, and Gaby Norman practice in the wrestling room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard demonstrates moves with Bella Mitchell during a practice in the high school’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Jay Morrison, left, hugs his daughter Kai Morrison after she won a match during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Gaby Norman wrestles Autumn Barela for the third place spot during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman lost this match. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)
Vista Ridge's Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton's Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. "The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don't want to," said Vista Ridge's Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)
Vista Ridge’s Kai Morrison, right, wrestles with Peyton’s Samantha Krause-Mahan during the girls wrestling tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. There were 319 girls from 114 high schools in Colorado that certified their weight this wrestling season. This is the first school year that Colorado has allowed an all girls wrestling team in high schools. “The great part about this program is that the girls do not have to wrestle boys if they don’t want to,” said Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell, left, and Kai Morrison run drills during a practice in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Mitchell has been wrestling since she was in the 6th grade and was the 2nd place champion in the 2018 state tournament. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista fist bumps her coach Eric Everard before her match at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The girls team has 9 girls this year. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girl wrestlers Grace Lee, left, Angel Norman, Bella Mitchell and Kai Morrison stand beside the mat during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team spends time together as they wait for their teammates final matches during the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s sophomore Angel Norman lays on the mat in the practice room at her high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Norman, her two sisters and her brother all wrestle on Vista Ridge’s team. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)USA Wrestling guidelines and suggestions on how to coach women wrestlers hangs on a bulletin board in the Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s girls wrestling team pile onto a couch before a slumber party the night before a tournament at the Norman’s home in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team tape together the mats for the girl’s tournament at the high school in Colorado Springs, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison, left, listens to Eva Norman, 5, read her a note that she wrote for Morrison at the tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman wrote that she was proud of Morrison in the note. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Kai Morrison gets emotional while talking to volunteer coaches Tori Adams, center, and Donnie Liles after she lost a match during a tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s freshman Maya Bautista wrestles Calhan’s Shoshannah Rode during a match of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School’s girls wrestling team and family cheer on Angel Norman and Gaby Norman as they wrestle for a spot in the semifinal round of the Vista Ridge Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)A referee holds up the arm of Gaby Norman after she won a match against her sister Angel Normal during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Gaby lost a match in the semifinal round, giving up her third place spot. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Amya Norman puts her ear guard on during the Alpha Female tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)The Vista Ridge High School wrestling team gathers in a corner of the practice room for a talk from the coach in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge High School’s wrestling team runs laps around the practice room to warm up in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Bella Mitchell’s name is displayed on the right side of the board for winning second place in the 2018 state tournament in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. This is the first year of the pilot program and the coach decided to code the girl’s names in red to highlight this. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Grace Lee, center left, and Kelly O’Camb run practice drills in the wrestling practice room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Sisters Angel Norman, center left, and Gaby Norman practice in the wrestling room at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Head Coach Eric Everard demonstrates moves with Bella Mitchell during a practice in the high school’s wrestling practice room in Colorado Springs, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Jay Morrison, left, hugs his daughter Kai Morrison after she won a match during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)Vista Ridge’s Gaby Norman wrestles Autumn Barela for the third place spot during the Alpha Female Tournament at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Norman lost this match. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette) (Kelsey Brunner)
