By Dewey Terrill

JC Post

Junction City High School junior Elisa Robinson is a member of Team Kansas National in USA Wrestling.

While wrestling for JCHS Robinson has won championships for three consecutive years in a girls wresting tournament hosted at McPherson High School. That has been considered the unofficial girls state wrestling tournament, but for the 2019-2020 for the first time the Kansas State High School Activities Association has authorized a new state tournament to be held in Salina in February at the Tony’

On her national team experience Robinson said the girls on the team are from across Kansas. “We meet up to wrestle at national tournaments. We support each other and do all these great things. ” Robinson has traveled with the team to multiple states including Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois Colorado and North Dakota.

Robinson began wrestling in the seventh grade and has competed with the Blue Jay boys team the past three seasons. This next season she will have an opportunity to compete in the KSHSAA sanctioned girls state wrestling tournament.