PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - Parents and community members in Pike County are going to the mat after learning a wrestling program that has served area children for more than a decade has to find a new home.

The Warhawks Wrestling Club was established in 2010 and has invited kids, grades K-8, to learn and grow in the wrestling arena, sharing the Northpoint Academy gymnasium as its home location.

However, families in the group- which is a private club, not a district-affiliated program- say they were informed the gym would no longer be available to the Warhawks. So, a group of impacted students and parents gathered in protest outside of the Pike County School District office Monday.

“We were told this past Friday that the school board insurance is no longer going to cover the kids wrestling in

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