WHATEVER THE OTHER DEALERS CHARGE MEN FARR WILL SELL FOR LESS! "THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS!" mother of the family. "Lauren started out slow also. But Lauren's a lot like Rustin — they both have that drive and intensity to succeed." Kinawa coach Darin Wilcox guided Lauren during her middle school career. He has nothing but praise for the first female wrestler he has ever had to coach. "A lot of people were con- cerned about her participa- tion, but she's demonstrated the maturity to handle the social pressure of it," Wilcox said. "I talked to her the first day of practice and I told her I supported her decision; I knew of the controversy. But she is the smartest wrestler I've come across at that level. "She is beyond her years in maturity," he added. "She doesn't get highly emotional when things go good and she doesn't get depressed when things go bad." Not that things ever go too bad for Lauren. During the last two years, she entered five tournaments, winning four of them. She also wasn't taken down all season, which Wilcox says is "incomprehen- sible." A takedown occurs when one wrestler forces an opponent to the mat. "Lauren might have open- ed the door in a lot of areas;' Wilcox said. "She has said that if she wrestles and loses next year in high school, she's losing because she's a freshman, not because she's a girl. "A good deal of her success can be attributed to her upbr- inging," Wilcox added. Her parents don't push her too hard." Gail and her husband, Alan Wolfe, did not come from a wrestling background. Their interest in the sport came from Rustin's involvement. Now the Wolfes attend meets almost weekly, and help out by keeping score or timing when Okemos hosts a match. "We didn't know anything about wrestling until the oldest one started," Gail said. "Now I think I get more ner- vous the night before a match than Lauren does." But it's already been a long career for Lauren, who started wrestling in the first grade. After the novelty of be- ing a female wrestler expired, she has had to rely on her strength. However, there are not an abundance of female wrestlers in the mid- Michigan middle school area. Another athlete, Sara Collins, won only one match during the season for Eaton Rapids. But Lauren said "more and more younger girls" are becoming involved in the sport. "I don't believe in sexual discrimination;' Gail Wolfe said. "As far as Lauren get- ting injured, wrestling is no more dangerous than any other sport. It's the only sport you don't have to worry about size . . . You've got to be tough. "People assume because she's a girl she's not strong. She is strong, because she works hard:' Gail added. "She's already beaten everybody her age." But Gail Wolfe acknowl- edges that wrestling might not be parents' first choice for their children's athletics, especially for Jewish parents. "This isn't a common sport for Jewish kids, it's kind of rough;' she said. "But I think smart kids would do well. 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