Favored Wrestler Defaults To Girl

Cedar Falls’ Cassy Herkelman, right, and her opponent Joel Northrup, of Linn-Mar High of Marion, stand at the scorers table waiting for their leg bands prior to their Class 3A 112 pound first-round match at the Iowa State Wrestling tournament on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Northrup of Linn-Mar High, defaulted the match to Herkelman who was one of the first girls to have a match at the state tournament. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)

Question: What do you make of Joel Northrup’s decision to default to a girl wrestler in the state tournament?