Teenage girl wins state wrestling championship after defeating field of boys

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SHOWS: GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 22, 2020)(NCHSAA - MUST COURTESY 'NCHSAA')

1. HEAVEN FITCH WINNING MATCH TO CLINCH NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP IN 106 POUND (48 KILOGRAM) CLASS

2. FITCH BEING DECLARED WINNER AND CELEBRATING

3. STILL PHOTO OF FITCH ON TOP STEP OF 106-POUND CLASS PODIUM WITH THREE BOYS

4. STILL PHOTO OF FITCH ALONE ON PODIUM

STORY: 16-year-old Heaven Fitch became the first female to win a North Carolina state high school wrestling championship earlier this week in Greensboro after defeating a field of mostly boys.

Without enough female wrestlers to form a division of their own in North Carolina, the few girls who wrestle do so in the boys divisions.

Fitch won her championship February 22 in the 106-pound (48 kilogram) weight class after finishing the season with a 54-4 record and winning the award for Most Outstanding Wrestler.

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