01.27.2004:New Jersey High School Female Wrestler Keeps Winning
Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 17:30 from bergen.com:
MEL EVANS / THE RECORD  Lakeland freshman Louise Marlow has been wrestling boys since she was 7. "... I kept winning, so I kept going.'' |
WANAQUE - Hidden under a black spandex hood may be the face of wrestling's future.
Marlow is not used to defeat. Her 6-5 record at 103 pounds includes two forfeit victories and a third-place finish at the Lakeland tournament where she had a pin. She is part of a new breed of female wrestler that is better prepared and better skilled, and determined to no longer be a novelty.
"She goes just as hard as or harder than anyone else I have, that's the most impressive thing about her," said Lakeland coach Craig Spencer, who uses the word competitor repeatedly to describe Marlow. "She is losing matches just like other kids lose matches, because [her opponents] are stronger and faster."
Marlow, 14, shy and polite, got into wrestling when she was 7. Her mother thought it would be something she would try, fail at and move on.
