Aiden Smith pulls her hair back into a ponytail while running laps with her wrestling team, November 7, 2023. “We’re a family,” Smith said of her teammates.

Girls wrestling is NCHSAA sanctioned for the first time this year. Aiden Smith, Murphy's lone girls wrestler, understands the opportunities it brings.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — For Shelbyville’s Aiden Smith, the decision to sign a letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Kentucky wasn’t much of a decision at all.

Sophomore Aiden Smith scored 37 points to lead the Dartmouth boys’ basketball team to a milestone, win, 70-66, at ninth-ranked Brockton on Tuesday night.

Aiden Smith felt obligated to attend his first wrestling practice back in sixth grade. “It’s a funny story, actually,” he said. “Matcats (in South Lyon) had a novice day coming and I tried it.

Aiden Smith and Hunter Matteson, Dartmouth — Smith, a sophomore guard, scored a career-high 37 points in Tuesday’s 70-66 win over No. 9 Brockton, ...