“Seeing the horror in the eyes of our players and coaches upon greeting their bus last night is evidence to me that there has to be a renewed approach by the MIAA to protect the safety of our athletes,” Runey stated in his letter. He writes that he understands MIAA’s rules but believes they should be reviewed for players’ safety in co-ed competition. So I’m looking for the MIAA to facilitate some conversations to have some middle ground in terms of player safety,” Runey told the outlet. “For any male athlete that’s participating in a female sport, there are zero restrictions. Schools could deny a student to play a sport based on gender if the school “offers a girls’ team and a boys’ team” for the same sport, the association writes in its rules.īut in cases where there is a “single team in a particular sport,” schools must allow a student to join “to ensure that the school’s gendered designation of athletic opportunities complies with Title IX.” MIAA states in its handbook that “no student shall be denied in any implied or explicit manner the opportunity to participate in any interscholastic activity because of gender.” Following the on-field horror, Runey is calling for a change in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) rules that have been in place since the 1970s. The female athlete lost two teeth and her condition is unclear, according to the outlet.

The player, her family, teammates, and coaches remain in my prayers.” “Last night, a female field hockey player for the Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School girls’ field hockey team sustained significant facial and dental injuries when she was struck in the face by a shot in the third quarter versus Swampscott in an MIAA state playoff contest,” Dighton Rehoboth’s Superintendent Bill Runey wrote in a letter obtained by WCVB. This madness has to stop before a girl or woman is killed. Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union November 3, 2023 Here is the clip I recorded because the school already took the video down of the Swampscott male field hockey player hitting a ball into the face of a female Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey player, knocking out her teeth.īoys on girls teams endangers the lives of girls.

Players on the field were visibly distraught over the injury as Dighton-Rehoboth staff rushed from the sidelines to administer aid to the injured player. The male player, who attends Swampscott, is seen winding back his stick to take a shot on the net but drills the opposing female defender directly in the face.Ī loud ‘thud’ is heard seconds before the girl drops to the ground, screaming in agonizing pain.

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