One of the best present highschool rivalry added its strangest chapter thus far.
Jordyn Fouse and Isis France have met eight instances since March 18, 2022, every profitable 4 matches. It was no shock once they wrestled for a ninth on the 2024 Junior Nationwide Duals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Each attend highschool in Pennsylvania regardless of hailing from completely different states. France is from Phoenix, Arizona, and attends Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, whereas Fouse is from Roaring Spring and attends Bishop McCort in Johnstown.
Fouse represented Pennsylvania Blue and France represented Arizona once they confronted off at 140 kilos. Every had three victories coming into their first-round match of the gold bracket.
France scored first with an ankle choose earlier than firing off a takedown a number of seconds later leaving Fouse unconscious after their heads collided. Officers deemed the transfer unnecessarily brutal since France didn’t change ranges, resulting in disqualification from the match and the match.
Neither wrestled the rest of the occasion.
“I’d love to speak about it however I don’t bear in mind an excessive amount of,” Fouse stated. “I bought taken down proper off the bat and we have been hand-fighting like all the time. We go after it and the subsequent factor I do know I used to be on the bottom.
“She came visiting and gave me a hug and we’re all good. I’m excited. I’ll most likely see her at Fargo.”
Pennsylvania Blue defeated Arizona, 48-18, earlier than falling to Colorado, 36-33, within the subsequent spherical. Fouse assumed the function of mathematician since Pennsylvania may nonetheless win the group title. There was a delay on account of pc points so group scores wouldn’t seem on the screens.
The board was finally corrected, however they didn’t wish to threat one other pc malfunction.
“I wasn’t wrestling (in opposition to California) however I used to be on the stage doing math in a pocket book,” Fouse stated. “We needed to rating 27 factors in opposition to California and beat them to go to the finals. That was our aim and we did it.”
Pennsylvania Blue downed California Blue, 47-23, earlier than upending Missouri Blue, 38-31, within the finals.
“We constructed this group from the bottom up,” Fouse stated. “All of us simply got here alongside and we’ve gone via it collectively via the sanctioning (of women’ wrestling in Pennsylvania), we’ve been via it. I feel that’s what introduced us collectively.”
Jordyn Fouse vs Isis France
2024 Junior Nationwide Duals on June 20, 2024: Fouse gained by disqualification
2024 Tallinn Open (Estonia) on March 23: Fouse gained, 7-6
2023 Final Membership Duals on September 17: Fouse gained by fall, 2:14
2023 16U Nationwide on July 16: France gained by fall, 3:10
2023 U17 World Workforce Trials on April 14: Fouse gained by tech, 10-0
2022 U15 Pan-Am Workforce Trials on August 6: France gained by harm default: 28
2022 U15 Nationals on Might 7: France gained by fall, 2:19
2022 Women Folkstyle Nationwide Championships on March 18: Fouse gained by fall, 5:38
2022 Women Folkstyle Nationwide Championships on March 18: France gained, 5-3
Fouse leads the sequence: 5-4