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Transgender Pitcher Leads Champlin Park to Girls’ Softball Championship

Her complete-game shutout has prompted a Department of Education inquiry into Minnesota’s gender-identity sports policy

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Overview

  • Marissa Rothenberger threw a seven-inning shutout in the final and amassed 21 postseason innings while allowing just two runs to secure Champlin Park’s 6–0 victory
  • The Minnesota State High School League permits students to compete according to gender identity regardless of biological sex
  • A federal lawsuit by Female Athletes United alleges the league’s policy violates Title IX by disadvantaging cisgender girls
  • The Trump administration opened the Department of Education investigation after President Trump signed an executive order barring males from female sports
  • Protesters outside the University of Minnesota held signs reading “Females deserve fair sports” and “Democrats for Title IX