Sweet Home’s Laura Gourley won the FILA cadet national girls freestyle 70 kilogram (154.25 pounds) wrestling title in the Cadet division Sunday in Colorado Springs.
Gourley, 14, who wrestled as a freshman at Sweet Home High School this year, beat Jancey Hall of Kansas with a technical fall and pinned Katrina Wilborn of California en route to her second national FILA title.
She was the only girl from Oregon or Washington to take a first place in the junior or cadet categories. Amy Bloom of Lebanon placed second in the 43 kg. (94.75 pounds) cadet division, losing 2-0, 2-0 to C.C. Weber of Michigan.
Gourley’s father Jim Gourley said that the victory allows Laura fullaccess to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where the event was held.