After peaking at 335, 000 high school participants in the 1976-77 school year, according to National Federation of High School Sports Association data, wrestling fell to a bottom of 217, 257 participants in 1994-95.

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During the 2011-12, the Illinois High School Association, which oversees high school sports in the state, stripped the team of 18 wins because of the presence of an ineligible player.

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The Ohio State High School Athletic Association, like many of its high school sports-overseeing brethren across the nation, has wrestled with the issue about what to do to placate public school members who are upset that private schools appear to win all the titles, at least in football.

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