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High School Wrestler Refuses to Wrestle a Girl

Adrian Chen · 02/17/11 08:33PM

16-year-old Iowa wrestling star Joel Northrup forfeited a match at the state tournament today because he was paired with a girl, Cassy Herkelman. He said in a statement, "As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner." According to the AP, Northrup attends a Pentecostal church that forbids men and women from touching in a "familiar way." So, uh, congratulations, Cassy Herkelman?