Online Petition Launched to Establish Wrestling Program at Hamden High School

An online petition has been launched to establish a wrestling team at Hamden High School.

Hamden resident Nate Stadig, who coaches wrestling at a local high school, created the petition at change.org to urge Athletic Director Tom Dyer to offer wrestling as a winter sport at Hamden High.

In the petition, Stadig writes, “Wrestling would offer those athletes not able to participate in offered winter sports for whatever reason an opportunity to participate in another sport. This would give them an activity to occupy their free time and keep them active after school.”

Stadig also writes that “Hamden High School is one of only three Class LL Football schools in the state of CT without a wrestling team. There are 954 male students attending Hamden High and ONLY 4 winter sports offered. Let’s create a new opportunity for those students.”

The petition had 76 supporters as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

Read the full petition here.

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