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Court Approves MHSAA's Agreement for Payment of Damages Award
by Title IX Blog
posted April 12, 2009 at 11:30am

The Michigan High School Athletic Association is on the hook for $6 million dollars after federal courts determined that its scheduling of girls' sports in the nontraditional seasons violated Title IX and the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. MHSAA...more

Court Dismisses Department of Education as Defendant in Single-Sex Education Suit
by Title IX Blog
posted April 11, 2009 at 6:36pm

As you may recall from this prior post, some parents in Kentucky are challenging the legality of the Department of Education's regulations that allow schools to offer single-sex education. The parents (represented by the ACLU) sued the Breckinridge Count...more

New York High School Sued Over Antigay Harassment
by Title IX Blog
posted April 11, 2009 at 12:17pm

Lambda Legal has filed suit against Indian River High School (in upstate New York) on behalf of Charlie Pratt and his sister, Ashley Petranchuk. The lawsuit alleges that Charlie suffered harassment and abuse at the hands of his peers while school officia...more

High school sportainment the ESPN way
by Sports, Media & Society
posted April 10, 2009 at 11:04am

SI this week examines "March Madness" in high school basketball, focusing on the recent ESPN RISE national tournament. The tourney "represented the NCAA tournament sensibility brought to high school," Phil Taylor writes. The article goes on to describe th...more

Title IX Blog in the news
by Title IX Blog
posted April 9, 2009 at 12:00pm

Ebuz--and the blog--got some press the other day in an article out of Birmingham that delved into what exactly President Obama was going to do with Title IX.No one knows of course. Most suspect he will not weaken the legislation as his predecessor did. An...more

Double-Dutch a Varsity Sport?
by Pretty Tough
posted March 25, 2009 at 3:47pm

Studies have consistently shown that on average, girls who play sports tend to perform better in school than girls who don’t. But the message that competitive sports also helps produce successful career women, hasn’t always been effectively communica...more

A High School Championship
by Pretty Tough
posted March 20, 2009 at 7:37pm

If you haven’t been to a girl’s high school soccer game lately you might be surprised at the quality of play. Last weekend was the Southern California DII Championship game which pitted the #1 seed Harvard-Westlake against #2 La Jolla. I’ve been fol...more

It takes a team
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 9, 2009 at 5:18pm

Teamwork is required to win championships in team sports. There is no way around it. I was reminded of this Saturday night as I watched the Mansfield Summit Jaguars upset Brittney Griner's Aldine Nimitz Cougars in the Texas Class 5A basketball championshi...more

Athenas to Zodiac Girls - Team Name Ideas
by Pretty Tough
posted March 2, 2009 at 10:33pm

It’s always a challenge to come up with a name that epitomizes the team’s energy and philosophy. Add to that a name that everyone agrees on and the challenge increases. Check out our suggestions....more

Will Obama create opportunities for high school girls to play sports?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 30, 2009 at 5:34pm

Today is a day of change. …Or at least that’s what President Obama has been preaching for the past year. And if what he says is true, there’s a chance he could create many more opportunities for high school girls who want to play sports. The issu...more

Is high school cheerleading a contact sport?
by Pretty Tough
posted January 27, 2009 at 6:11pm

The ongoing debate over whether cheerleading is a sport may have been finally decided. According to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, not only is cheer a sport (rather than an acitivity), but it is a contact sport. In a case watched closely by the cheerleadin...more

Check this out… High school girl hits consecutive three point shots
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 25, 2009 at 2:59pm

Ok, you got to give it to Cara Bomar… this is pretty good. She’s sinking 10 three pionters in a row from different spots. Doesn’t seem like there are any cuts in this video. She’s a student at Mesquite High School in Gilbert, AZ - class of 2010....more

Texas Covenant team forfeits 100-0 win in apology
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 24, 2009 at 2:01pm

Now I’ve seen it all…. Officials from a private Christian school in Dallas, The Covenant School, forfeited a 100-0 win against their opponent, Dallas Academy. Apparently, their forfeit is intended to “apologize” for their margin of victory. I...more

Discrimination second nature?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 22, 2009 at 4:51pm

“It shouldn’t be any different because of our gender or who we are,” she said. “Maybe people think we don’t take soccer as seriously because we are girls. I take this seriously,” said Christina Angione, a soccer player at Beacon School on the West Side...more

FloTrack's Athlete of the Year
by WomenTalkSports
posted January 10, 2009 at 1:20pm

FloTrack named high school phenom Jordan Hasay as their Athlete of the Year in 2008. According to Flotrack, Hasay's impressive resume made it hard to not choose her as their AOY: "Jordan Hasay is one of the most decorated U.S. distance runners in histor...more

Jordan Hasay Talks About her College Search
by WomenTalkSports
posted January 10, 2009 at 1:14pm

One of the top female high school runners of all time talks to FloTrack about her college search: Track and Field Videos on Flotrack ...more

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