{"id":39681,"date":"2023-03-14T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=39681"},"modified":"2023-03-13T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:16:26","slug":"paulding-county-wrestling-girls-compete-at-ohsaa-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/paulding-county-wrestling-girls-compete-at-ohsaa-regionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulding County Wrestling Girls Compete at OHSAA Regionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arin-James.jpeg?w=333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39682\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arin-James.jpeg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arin-James.jpeg?resize=560%2C495&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arin-James.jpeg?resize=260%2C230&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arin-James.jpeg?resize=160%2C142&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Raider Arin James attempts to flip her opponent at Regionals. <em>Photo by Carrie Kimmel<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As female wrestling becomes more popular, OHSAA has responded with an all-girls sanctioned Regionals and State tournament.&nbsp; Representing Paulding County were Arin James of Wayne Trace and Cami McAlexander of Antwerp.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arin James competed in the 105-pound weight class.&nbsp; James was defeated in the first match by Madie Gladden with a pin in 4:13.&nbsp; James then received a bye for her first match of the consolations.&nbsp; Moving to the next match, Arin fell short to Charlize Distel of Arcadia.&nbsp; Distel pinned Arin in 2:09, ending her season and high school wrestling career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cami-McAlexander-photo-by-Carrie-Kimmel.jpeg?w=333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39683\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cami-McAlexander-photo-by-Carrie-Kimmel.jpeg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cami-McAlexander-photo-by-Carrie-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=560%2C288&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cami-McAlexander-photo-by-Carrie-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=260%2C134&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cami-McAlexander-photo-by-Carrie-Kimmel.jpeg?resize=160%2C82&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Archer Cami McAlexander takes down her opponent at Regionals. <em>Photo by Carrie Kimmel<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cami McAlexander had a full bracket in the 110-pound weight class.&nbsp; For McAlexander\u2019s first match of the day, Cami fell to Lauren Mobley with a score of 16-3.&nbsp; Cami then faced Elsie Mello of Archbold in the consolations.&nbsp; Cami was defeated with a close score of 5-3, ending her season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both ladies represented the county well with their heart and determination.&nbsp; These young women were part of history as they competed in the first sanctioned all-girls Regional tournament with a chance at Girls State Championship.&nbsp; The future of female wrestling looks promising!&nbsp; Good job Arin and Cami!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As female wrestling becomes more popular, OHSAA has responded with an all-girls sanctioned Regionals and State tournament.&nbsp; Representing Paulding County<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,5],"tags":[17801,17802,17797,17959,17958],"class_list":["post-39681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-school","category-sports","tag-arin-james","tag-cami-mcalexander","tag-carrie-kimmel","tag-ohsaa-regionals","tag-paulding-county-wrestling-girls"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arin-James.jpeg?fit=666%2C589&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-ak1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 03:51:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39684,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681\/revisions\/39684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}