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Washington Post
10 hours ago
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- Washington Post
Trump, DOJ threaten Calif. with legal action, fines after trans athlete's win
Days after a 16-year-old transgender athlete placed first in two events at the California state track-and-field championship, the Trump administration is threatening legal action and 'large scale' fines over the state's policy allowing trans athletes to compete in high school sports. In a letter addressed to the state's public school districts, Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said on Monday that the California Interscholastic Federation violates the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause with its bylaw stating that all students 'should have the opportunity to participate in CIF activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student's records.' The letter directed school districts to certify in writing by June 9 that they wouldn't follow the bylaw.
New York Times
a day ago
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- New York Times
A Trump Official Threatens to Sue California Schools Over Trans Athletes
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday threatened legal action against California public schools if they continued to allow trans athletes to compete in high school sports, calling the students' participation unconstitutional and giving the schools a week to comply. In a letter sent to public school districts in the state, Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said the California Interscholastic Federation's 2013 bylaw that allowed trans athletes to compete violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and discriminated against athletes on the basis of sex. 'Scientific evidence shows that upsetting the historical status quo and forcing girls to compete against males would deprive them of athletic opportunities and benefits because of their sex,' Ms. Dhillon wrote, referring to trans girls as males. Elizabeth Sanders, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Education, said on Monday that the department was preparing to send guidance to the state's school districts on how to respond, and that it would do so on Tuesday. The Justice Department's move came two days after a trans girl won championships in two girls' events at the California state track and field meet, and less than a week after President Trump decried her inclusion in the competition, saying that he would cut federal funding to the state if it let her participate. At the meet, held over two days in Clovis, Calif., the trans girl, AB Hernandez, won the girls' high jump and triple jump, and also finished second in the long jump for Jurupa Valley High School, in what is arguably the most competitive high school meet in the nation. In a statement provided by the group TransFamily Support Services, her mother, Nereyda Hernandez, said that it was her daughter's third year of competing in sports. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Prep softball: City Section and Southern Section division championship results
CITY SECTION FINALS FRIDAY'S RESULTS At Birmingham High DIVISION III #5 North Hollywood 10, #2 Rancho Dominguez 2 DIVISION IV #1 Westchester 12, #7 LACES 9 SATURDAY'S RESULTS At Cal State Northridge OPEN DIVISION #1 Granada Hills 11, #3 Carson 2 DIVISION I #2 Legacy 4, #1 Port of Los Angeles 1 DIVISION II #6 Taft 8, #1 Marquez 3 SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS At Bill Barber Park, Irvine FRIDAY'S RESULTS DIVISION 2 Los Alamitos 3, JSerra 0 DIVISION 3 Marina 8, Westlake 1 DIVISION 6 University 4, Rio Hondo Prep 1 DIVISION 7 Rancho Mirage 7, Culver City 3 SATURDAY'S RESULTS DIVISION 1 Norco 3, El Modena 0 DIVISION 4 Long Beach Poly 6, Warren 2 DIVISION 5 St. Bonaventure 8, West Ranch 7 DIVISION 8 Hueneme 1, Cathedral City 0 Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Prep talk: Top-seeded Norco goes for seventh Southern Section softball title
Norco High's softball program under coach Richard Robinson has been setting the standard for excellence in the Southern Section for years. The top-seeded Cougars will seek to add a seventh section title on Saturday in the Division 1 final against El Modena in a 7 p.m. game at Bill Barber Park in Irvine. This team has lots of top hitters. Leighton Gray is batting .455 with 40 hits, eight home runs and 25 RBIs. Ashley Duran has six home runs, 34 RBIs and a .438 batting average. Tamryn Shorter is hitting .407 with 37 hits, nine home runs and 24 RBIs. Sophomore Coral Williams has emerged as a quality pitcher with a 16-0 record, backed by junior Peyton May. El Modena has gotten hot in the playoffs behind second baseman Kaitlyn Galasso and shortstop Kylie Tafua. Don't doubt that the Vanguards can score runs if needed. They were able to knock off high-scoring Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6-4 in the quarterfinals and scored 13 runs in a semifinal win over Temescal Canyon. … Advertisement Cal State Northridge will be the site for three City Section softball championship games on Saturday, with the featured matchup at 3 p.m. in the Open Division in which Carson will try to defeat Granada Hills for a third consecutive year. The Division I final at noon has Port of Los Angeles facing Legacy. Taft faces Marquez in the Division II final at 9 a.m. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Wellsville wins another title; Schroeder nearing another of their own
Class B2 Final: (1)Wellsville 2, (3)Avon 1 Kennedy Perry drove in the winning run with a 6th inning double as Wellsville won their 5th consecutive sectional championship. Jessie Crye led off the Avon fourth with a leadoff triple and Rylie Miller scored her with a fielder's choice to put the Riverhawks up 1-0. Teagen Burke equalized with a bunt that scored Lindsay Stuck in the bottom half of the fourth. Wellsville is now 20-1 and headed to Saturday's state qualifier at MCC. They will face Haverling with first pitch scheduled for 5:30pm. Avon finished their season at 15-4. Class AA: (1)Schroeder 3, (5)Bishop Kearney/Chesterton 0 Emmalyn Juliano plated the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the fourth and Liana DeValder pitched another shutout to send Webster Schroeder back to the sectional finals. The Warriors added two more runs on RBI walks in the 6th. DeValder had to escape a jam in the top of the 6th after Sara Skripnik led off the inning with a booming double that missed clearing the left field walk by two or three feet. DeValder got a pair of strikeouts sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt to keep the Kings scoreless. Schroeder improved to 19-1 and will play for all the Class AA marbles Saturday morning at 10am against their cross town rivals from Thomas. That game will also be at MCC. Kearney/Chesterton finished their season at 11-4. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
