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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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Christianity and Islam, the same ancient ignorant beliefs. Little difference between Taliban and Christians.
Your statement only displays your own ignorance. Especially since this article is about a CATHOLIC school, not a Christian one.
Uh, Catholics ARE Christians...
Rigid Christianity are just like the Taliban. Whichever adults were involved with this decision should be fired and made to write on a blackboard. 'Thou shalt not discriminate against girls and women.'
Once again, religious doctrine plays a part in decision making........sad. They deserve the name of "Our lady of Sorrow"
In our area, I have seen girls play soccer in boys teams. Nobody seemed to mind that, and the girls held their own just fine. My daughter's team plays regularly against boys teams in scrimmage games and indoor soccer. And soccer is a contact sport, believe me.
Don't agree with their decision, but contrary to comments otherwise, the Catholic school didn't "force their will" on anyone. They forfeited, handing their opponent the victory. Those choosing to send their kids to gender-segregated private parochial school accept this educational philosophy. Their kids are minors and as such, frankly don't get the choice.
Congratulations to the team with the girl that won, forfeit or not.
COWARDS!!! They are definitely losers and don't deserve a championship.
Once more Liberals insult values that don't match their own.
Everytime I read a comment with similar content as yours I have to HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Majority of polls, including those commissioned by the right, show the rest of the world disagrees with you. The right, as part of their agenda, is constantly trying to shut up any opposition or any opinion that disagree with them. It's pathological.
Just Liberals?
Yeah, well, I guess it comes from the conservatives trying to steal our rights, force their beliefs down our throats, constantly telling us we're terrible sinners who are going to Hell, not to mention their history of intolerance, war, and outright murder (and I'm not even going to mention sodomy of young boys by their priests and covering it up).
Yup, when the "value" is that you won't let a HS baseball team play because the other team has a girl on 2nd base, those "values" deserve to be insulted. Just like the "value" that women shouldn't be seen in public, or allowed to vote.
"insult" ???!!!??? You don't feel that the heroic girl player was insulted??? you see no predjudicial discriminatory behaviour here?? you dont see the insult to women who are seen by your 'church' as inferior? you don's see bishops' actions against their own nuns as insults?? What planet are you from, again?
So sad the Catholic religion thinks so little of women.
And the Lady of Sorrows hid her face weeping....
The catholic school should be banned from the league! If you won't honor league rules you can't belong.
Exactly if the local Our Lady of the Aryan Race school team refused to play a team with a black player how would the league deal with them. I mean they are just holding tight to their convictions..... Its their right to pick and choose the teams they want to play, right?
Amen!
The parents of these boys in this parochial school should be ashamed for their intolerance and for encouraging these kids to take their ball and go home rather than play with someone who's different! Sad!
How come yall aren't complaining about the girl sitting out the 2 games on "their" field.....or do you think she was right then? Which one is it. how do you know the boys didn't agree as a team they didn't want to play...why is it automatically determined it was the school that decided...if that was the case and kids were upset don't you think you'd read something about the kids wanting to play and the school going against their will. Stop being sheep and believing everything at face value.
Frankly, that would be an even worse situation. BTW, it is clearly coming from the administration as is made quite clear in the article. And frankly I think it is a complete shame that she sat out those two games. I do not see how one team should be able to dictate to all of the others. What if a school does not believe in playing black players? Really, there is NO difference. Pure discrimination based on personal belief.
How do you know it's not?
Cpt Barfbag: absolutely the funniest thing I've heard in a long time!
They didn't forfeit the game because they were playing a girl, they forfeit the game because they are afraid to get beat by a girl. What a bunch of wimps, and it only teaches those kids to quit when they think something is unfair. Our Lady of Sorrows is raising a bunch of "ladies".
It is imperative to respect freedom of religion. So it is the Lady of Sorrows choice to forfeit.
But it is also imperative to respect freedom of speech. So here it is... Lady of Sorrows has lived into their name. What a sad day when a team of kids, that has worked hard all year, is denied the chance to compete because of an antiquated belief. When a catholic organizations perpetuates the subjugation of women's rights, which is exactly what this is, it is a sad day for the church and our culture as a whole. When religious faith dictates anything short of equality, it should be challenged and reconsidered. Why choose sorrow and divisiveness when you can choose happiness and inclusion?