'I feel like there’s more competition on the boys side for me since that’s what I’ve done my whole life,' Reanah Utterback explains why she's wrestling against boys in Iowa this season.
With girls wrestling officially sanctioned, how can Utterback continue in IHSAA against the boys?
If a school does not start a girls sports program , and does not have a sharing agreement with another school, the Iowa High School Athletic Association allows girls to compete for their school’s boys teams. "My decision was for me to get better," Utterback said, alluding to her decision to wrestle the boys."Nothing against the girls. The girls are great. But my goal is to get as much competition as possible, and I feel like there’s more competition on the boys side for me since that’s what I’ve done my whole life.
Utterback knows going up against boys isn’t a forever thing, either. She’s got her sights set on wrestling collegiately – perhaps even at Iowa for coach Clarissa Chun – and will continue to wrestle girls at the big national competitions in the offseason. So far, Utterback has proven she’s one of Iowa’s top wrestlers, boy or girl. She is now 36-8 overall this season after her win Wednesday morning, a 6-4 decision over Clayton Ridge’s Erik Flores. She will face Nashua-Plainfield’s Jayden Rinken, the 1-seed, in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
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