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Baseball final forfeited because of girl at second base
The Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship baseball game wasn't played Thursday night because Mesa Prep's second baseman is a girl.
Paige Sultzbach, a freshman, is playing baseball because her high school doesn't offer girls softball. But the school Mesa Prep was to face in the final, Our Lady of Sorrows Academy, said its boys would not compete against a team with a girl and forfeited the game - and the state title - to Mesa Prep.
"As a Catholic school, we promote the ideal of forming and educating boys and girls separately during the adolescent years, especially in physical education,” Our Lady of Sorrows said in a statement, according to CNN affiliate KTVK.
“It takes tremendous moral courage to stand by what it is you believe, and they are doing what they think is right,” Mesa Prep Headmaster Robert Wagner told KTVK.
But Sultzbach's mother, Pamela Sultzbach, said her daughter and the Mesa Prep team were being done a disservice.
"This is not a contact sport. It shouldn't be an issue. It wasn't that they were afraid they were going to hurt or injure her, it's that (they believe) that a girl's place is not on a field," Pamela Sultzbach told the Arizona Republic.
"I respect their views, but it's a bit out of the 18th century," Amy Arnold, Mesa Prep's athletic director, told the Republic.
Mesa Prep and Our Lady of Sorrows played twice during the regular season, but Sultzbach sat out, as they were away games for her team.
“It was on their field, and I felt the need to respect their rules,” she told KTVK.
The final would have been on a neutral field, and Sultzbach wanted to play.
Now, despite being hailed as state champions, Mesa Prep will feel like they've missed something, Pamela Sultzbach said.
"This team has worked so hard," she said. "They're undefeated. They had one game left. At our school, we're taught that when you start something, you complete it, and they weren't done."
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Sounds like Our Lady of Sorrows Academy was going to lose, and they just didn't want to lose to a girl. She is probably better than most of the boys on Our Lady of Sorrows Academy team.
18th centruy indeed.
I could understand if it was a contact sport but it's not so...I don't get it.
Jock clowns all – move on
Our Lady of Sorrows ...how appropriate! I think the real reason they didn't want to play them is because they didn't want to get beaten by a girl. The Catholic church has some strange ideas.
David M,
Our Lady of Sorrows Academy is a Society of St. Pius X (AKA Lefebvrians) school not a Roman Catholic School. The Society of St. Pius X is a Catholic separatist group who’s congregation believes that they are Catholic however they are not currently recognized as a Catholic organization by Rome. There are ongoing talks between Lefebvrians and the Vatican about reconciliation but those talks have caused a riff among the leadership within the Society of St. Pius X.
The fact that CNN would fail to mention The Society of St Pius X within the article is the equivalent of leaving out the word radical in front of Muslims when describing the attacks on September 11, 2001.
This is very poor reporting by CNN.
If I was a woman belonging to that church, i would be very offended by this action #itsthe21stcenturynot18th
You just don't get it, do you.
yet a few months ago they didnt allow that 13-14yr kid to play lacrosse with older girls...cant have your cakes at eat it too
Our Lady of Sorrows should be banned from competing next year because of their actions.
....and you should get a litfe.
Why? Because you don't agree with them? They have a right to do what they want; you need to get over yourself.
a right to be bigots as "god" taught them to be...... Imagine if she was a he and was black 40 years ago! Oh that would have been bad very bad...
I agree 100%
I played little league when I was younger and there was a girl named Maria that played. She was a lefty pitcher and she was very good. No one I ever played with ever had a problem playing against her. At least they didn't call her a witch and try to burn her at the stake. Then again........who knows.........they may have wanted too. Grow up Our Lady of Sorrows.
This girl is out playing ball, in stead of getting pregnant in the back of a pick up truck. Good for her. I think those high school boys were just too nervous to see someone who is, not only totally hot and out of their league, but also about to kick their butt at their own game! They are cowards. Using your religious beliefs to get you out of a baseball game is a new kind of low. It's high school baseball. "god" doesn't care. He's just happy his children are outside playing in the sunshine he supposedly provides for us every day....
@Really? Very well put. If they truly believed what God says, they would be fine with her playing, but their God seems to have a problem with the very children he/she created.
I read it as a simple cop-out. They new they were going to lose and decided to opt out of the game so they would not be defeated in front of everyone. Frankly, I think the whole thing shows just how backward that religious school really is. Can you imagine raising your child in such an environment?
knew.
Our Lady of Sorrows Academy got their butts kicked twice by Mesa during the season. Pretty lame excuse for team just afraid to lose again.
Plrease check your sources before posting. They were 1 & 1 during the season.
so u admit they played them with a Girl twice previously.
So they didnt want to lose to a girl? What is in the water in Arizona? Seriously! I used to admire that state. Now I just think its a bastion of 19th century thought. Sad.
Is it any wonder that the Catholic church is losing members in droves?
Woody,
Our Lady of Sorrows Academy is a Society of St. Pius X (AKA Lefebvrians) school not a Roman Catholic School. The Society of St. Pius X is a Catholic separatist group who’s congregation believes that they are Catholic however they are not currently recognized as a Catholic organization by Rome. There are ongoing talks between Lefebvrians and the Vatican about reconciliation but those talks have caused a riff among the leadership within the Society of St. Pius X.
The fact that CNN would fail to mention The Society of St Pius X within the article is the equivalent of leaving out the word radical in front of Muslims when describing the attacks on September 11, 2001.
This is very poor reporting by CNN.
I grew up going to a Catholic school and I played for our boys soccer team because we didn't have a separate girls team!
My, how times have changed.
Full disclosure: I left the religion in college, but not for reasons related to team sports.
Very sad and very 18th century. I agree, the sorrows team was afraid, great lesson to teach those young men. Great job admins and coaches.
Anyone who agrees with that schools not playing because of the girl is un-american.
I bet real monry the coaches and players had NOTHING to do with the decision to forfit, but rather a few elderly religious white men in the senior administration.
There is nothing "un-American" in agreeing with their decision (which I don't). Do not be as small-minded as those you are trying to criticize.
Bigotry is Pro america! that gender hasnt been voting for all that long now!