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Historic Moment

For Pulaski County High School senior Molly Keller, Saturday, February 25, 2023, at Unity Reed High School, was a day that will be remembered for decades to come. It was a day that saw events unfold as if they had been written for a motivational movie. Years of hard work paid off as Keller earned the 136-pound State Championship in the first-ever Virginia High School League Girls State Championship Meet.

The day started with 47 wrestlers in the 136-pound class. Young ladies from across the Commonwealth were invited to attend after a season and history of having to wrestle against their male counterparts. The event did not break down wrestlers by their school classification. Students from Class 1 through Class 6 were in the same brackets.

Keller started the day with a pin over Iris Martinez of Nandua High School in the first period. She followed that with another powerful performance, pinning Alae Houmane of Justice High School in the first round as well. Those two wins propelled her to the second day of competition in the Championship rounds.

Day two started off with a solid 9-0 win over Rihana Carson of Northside High School in three periods. Keller scored two points in the first period, three points in the second, and four points in the third to earn the win and advance to the Championship match.

That match found Keller facing off with Tallwood High School freshman Tatiana Denig. The match started with Denig getting an escape to go up 1-0 in the second period, after neither wrestler scored in the first period. Near the end of the second period, Keller earned a point to tie things up. In the third, Keller first earned an escape, then a takedown to go up 3-1. A point for stalling made it 4-1 before Keller pinned Denig to earn the victory.

This was the first wrestling State Championship of any kind for Pulaski County High School.