What Are High School Sports Teaching Our Girls?

Boys are still more important.

Photo by Rachel Barkdoll via Unsplash

This week I went to my daughter’s varsity softball game for the first time. It was a late afternoon game on a beautiful 78° day.

Ironically, the game was at a high school I spent four years teaching at two decades ago.

For the life of me, I couldn’t remember where the damn softball field was. My 45-year-old eyes spotted some uniforms on a field and I headed that way not realizing those were the boys.

I walked up to the field and it rivaled the spring training facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Poles with flags and banners promoting the team and various local businesses. Gorgeous views of North Scottsdale served as the backdrop.

This is baseball in Arizona. Not football in Texas.

Photo by me of actual high school boys’ baseball field.

“Where do the girls play?” I asked a sweet looking student manning a merchandise and snack table and reading Catch-22.

“Oh. Way on the other side of the track just south of the middle school parking lot.”