WRESTLERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE HAVE CROWDED INTO A GYM OUTSIDE OF COLUMBIA FOR THE CAROLINA. IT’S A PICTURE UNTHINKABLE IN OUR CURRENT CLIMATE, BUT ONE WILL. JARRED HILL, HOWEVER, THAT PICTURE IS MUCH BLURRIER ON THE GIRLS SIDE THEIR SPORT ISN’T OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE SCA. SELL BUT ONE UPSTATE COACH IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO CHANGE THAT. WYFF NEWS 4 PHOTOJOURNALIST CHIP BASDEN BRINGS US THE STORY FROM LEXINGTON YOUR DREAMS YOU’RE STEALING MY DREAMS MY DREAMS MY DREAM. MY DREAM IS TO WRESTLE WRESTLE. ALL THEY WANT IS RESPECT. THEY JUST WANT TO BE TREATED THE SAME. TWENTY YEARS AGO. HE MIGHT HAVE HAD THREE GIRLS MAYBE IN THE STATE THAT WERE COMPETING TO NOW HAVING OVER A HUNDRED GIRLS COMPETING TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THIS IS REAL LIFE FOR THESE GIRLS. I THINK IT’S BRAVE FOR A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL TO WALK DOWN THE HALL AND WALK INTO A WRESTLING ROOM YOU GO OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE WITH ONE PERSON ALL BY YOURSELF. AND STILL WANT TO DO IT’S NOT A THING THAT GIRLS JUST THINK OF DOING. TO BE ABLE TO LET YOURSELF BE VULNERABLE IN A SITUATION BUT BRAVE ENOUGH TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. SO FIRST THING IS MINDSET RUSTLING HURTS INJURIES COME WITH IT LOSSES COME WITH IT. IT’S GOING TO HURT BUT I’M GONNA BE OKAY. WRESTLING TEACHES HUMILITY LIFE SKILLS, EVEN THOUGH I’M DOWN. I KNOW I CAN GET BACK UP TO LOSE LIFE’S GOING TO GO ON HOW TO WIN WITH GRACE I CAN GET UP BRUSH IT OFF AND KEEP GOING OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND ADAPT AND I HAVE AN ATHLETE WITH A MINDSET WE CAN COACH EM TO GET EM BETTER AND THOSE THINGS PREPARE YOU FOR LIFE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE REAL WORLD, NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR EXCUSES AND WRESTLING TEACHES YOU TO OVERCOME YOUR EXCUSES. I ALWAYS SAY I’M A HUSTLER. RANDY CAME HERE A FEW YEARS AGO GRIND OF CALLED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I’M NOT REALLY GOOD AT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER IS REALLY BECOME LIKE A SISTER AS WELL. THEY ARE ON A MISSION TO GROW WOMEN’S WRESTLING IN, SOUTH CAROLINA. MY NAME IS DEJA YOUR BE THIS IS HER SIXTH SEASONS. I’M REALLY NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING. I’M KIND OF JUST ZONING OUT TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN FOCUS LATER. SOMETIMES I KIND OF WANDER OFF. SO DEJA IS GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE TALON. FISH DONIA SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS FROM EUROPE REPRESENTING THE USA NEVER HEARD OF ESTONIA BEFORE THAT. IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST YOUTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. SHE’S DONE REALLY GOOD STATESIDE. SO NOW WE GOTTA TEST IN A LITTLE LITTLE DIFFERENCE OF A SPACE. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONVINCING TO DO AT THE STATE LEVEL TO CONVINCE THEM TO WANT TO BRING IN WOMEN’S WRESTLING AS A SANCTIONED SPORT. WE’RE LOOKING AT JUST OVER 20 STATES RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE SANCTIONED HIGH SCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENTS AND SO ALL THE SURROUNDING STATES HAVE EITHER SANCTIONED ADORE THE PROPOSALS ARE GOING THROUGH IN THE WAITING FOR VOTES GIRLS DESERVE THEIR OWN DIVISION. I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE COULD POSSIBLY DO TO SHOW THEM THAT WE DESERVE THAT THIS IS NO AND WATCH HIM TO THE MEN’S. SING ROOM AND THEY TOLD I COULDN’T DO IT IT HELPED ME BECOME WHO I WAS IT. GOT ME OUT OF A SHELL OF BEING SUPER SHY AND UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING TO PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO NOW COACH YOUNG LADIES TO THOSE SITUATIONS. I GOT ALL THE VALUES. I GOT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WRESTLING GIVES. I WANT TO GIVE THAT BACK. I WANT TO GIVE THOSE VALUES BACK TO THESE YOUNG LADIES THAT ONE DAY WILL TURN OUT TO BE EAT CEOS OF COMPANIES AND IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, GIVE THEM ALL THE RESOURCES. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR LATE, MARCH THE WORLD DAYS A YEAR BE QUALIFIED FOR HAD BEEN POSTPONED WITH PLANS TO RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE.