Beat the Streets Detroit

Girls Wrestling Program

There are few if any sports as equal opportunity as wrestling and as part of our commitment to growing wrestling within the City of Detroit, we are also committed to supporting the girls and young women in our program (representing roughly a third of our participants).  It is a little known fact that girls wrestling is arguably the fastest growing girls high school sport having grown nearly 10% or more for the past 27 years!

Girls’ Wrestling Clinic

We believe that representation matters, and it is important for girls to see possibilities at the next level and beyond.  At our Patton Park location, girls have constituted nearly half of our wrestlers for the past several years so that location seemed the most logical site for us to host our first-ever Girls Clinic in 2017.  The clinic is now an annual event, and welcomes everyone.

Past Clinicians

Renowned wrestler and coach Jacque Davis, the Girls Development Director of Beat the Streets NYC, was a featured clinician in 2017 and 2018. Jacque began wrestling at the age of twelve and then continued her career at Menlo College. Jacque is instrumental in the movement for girls and women’s wrestling. In addition to her work with BTS, she began a women’s wrestling club at Columbia University, created the Gotham City Girls Open Championship, and assisted in the creation of a girls’ wrestling camp at Cornell.

In 2018 and 2019, the Adrian College Women’s Wrestling team were special guests, and taught their favorite wrestling techniques. The team brought 6 wrestlers and their head coach, Cliff Cushard.

Clinic Info

This event – like all events for kids who participate with Beat the Streets Detroit – is FREE.  Girls and boys take a lot away from these clinics and as a reminder on our program, we welcome everyone to ALL practices at EVERY site!

  • Cost: Free
  • Date: Last Clinic was held October 5, 2019. Next clinic TBA.
  • Time: 10:30 am-12:30 pm
  • Location: Patton Park, 2301 Woodmere St, Detroit, MI 48209
  • Photos: 2019 | 2018 | 2017

Girls & Women’s Wrestling

News and Resources

NWCA: Girls Wrestling Programs on the Rise

The number of girls wrestling programs with sanctioned state championships in the US stands at 18 states, 6 of them coming in each 2018 and 2019 respectively. Girl’s wrestling has continued to grow at the local and national level over the past decade.

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NFHS: State Associations Adding Girls Wrestling Tournaments

While the sport of wrestling is not new or emerging, high school girls wrestling is seeing impressive growth across the country. According to the NFHS Annual High School Sports Participation Survey, girls wrestling has grown from 5,000 participants in 2008 to 16,562 in 2018.

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Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio wrestling coaches association to host girls state wrestling tournament in 2019-20

The Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association (OHSWCA) announced that it will offer a girls state wrestling tournament beginning in the 2019-20 season. The committee voted unanimously for this decision.

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Detroit Metro-Times: Michigan had its first-ever girls high school wrestling state championships

Here’s a bittersweet ending to one of our recent cover stories: The Michigan High School Athletic Association finally held its first-ever girls high school wrestling state championships. The match was held Sunday, Feb. 3 at Adrian College.

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NCSA: List of Colleges with Women's Wrestling Programs

Most U.S. women’s wrestling programs compete against each other as part of the Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA), regardless of whether they’re a Division 2, Division 3, NAIA or NJCAA team.

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NCSA: Guide to Women's College Wrestling Recruiting

Athletic scholarships in women’s wrestling are awarded on a school-to-school basis. Schools decide how many scholarships they can fund on their own, whether it’s through fundraising efforts, donations, an endowment, or set scholarship budget.

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