Girls’ Field Hockey Team Forfeits Game Against Team With Male Player
The male field hockey player reportedly knocked out a female player’s teeth. (@Riley_Gaines_ / X screenshot)
A girls’ field hockey team from Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School in Massachusetts (D-R) has forfeited a planned game on September 17th because their opponent, Somerset-Berkley, has a male on their team.
Dighton-Rehoboth cited its new policy, approved on June 25, that allows players and/or coaches to opt out of competitions if the opposing team includes a member of the opposite sex.
The policy was enacted after the brutal injury of a female D-R field hockey player by a male last season.
A biological male playing for Swampscott hit a female D-R player girl in the face leaving her with serious injuries and knocking out some of her teeth.
