Valerie Hamilton To Defend #1 Ranking vs Fargo Champ Kaidance Gerg
Valerie Hamilton To Defend #1 Ranking vs Fargo Champ Kaidance Gerg
Valerie Hamilton, the top ranked girls high school wrestler at 138 lbs, returns to the mat to wrestle Fargo champ Kaidance Gerg at Who's Number One.
2022 U17 world silver medalist Valerie Hamilton will defend her #1 ranking against 2023 Junior National champ Kaidance Gerg at 2023's Who's Number One.
Hamilton, who will be a senior at El Paso-Gridley High School in Illinois, is both a U17 world medalist and a veteran of high school wrestling's premier event, having participated in 2022's Who's Number One, where she dropped a match to Janida Garcia. Since that match Hamilton has won USA Wrestling's prestigious Preseason Nationals and placed in several other prominent tournaments. She was also runner-up to Sydney Perry at the 2023 Illinois state championship, however, that was up in the 144-pound division.
Watch Hamilton win in the semifinals of the 2022 U17 World Championships:
Hamilton will defend her number one ranking against Kaidance Gerg, who hails from Eatonville, Washington in the wrestling-rich Pacific Northwest. Gerg didn't place at the world team trials held at Women's Nationals but then powered her way to a third-place finish at the loaded Girls High School Showcase 132-pound bracket held at the US Open.
Gerg then wrestled her way into Who's Number One by winning a stacked Fargo bracket that included wins over #5 Netavia Wickson and #6 Gretchen Donnally.
Watch Gerg win a stop sign in the Fargo Junior 138-pound finals:
Gerg will have her sights set on Hamilton, who will be making the relatively short drive from Gridley, Illinois to Kenosha, Wisconsin for a bout with the number one ranking on the line.
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