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Minneapolis – Champlin Park rebels are state champions.
The rebels No. 2 excluded No. 4 Bloomington Jefferson, 6–0, in the Softball Championship game of the AAAA AAAA School Minnesota school on Friday morning at the Jane Sage Cowles stadium on the Campus of the University of Minnesota.
Marissa Rothenberger celebrates in the shelter with teammates after the dramatic victory of Champlin Park. (Amber Harding)
Once again, it was the junior launcher Marissa Rothenberger, a male trans identification athlete, who took the mound for Champlin Park, and never abandoned it. Rothenberger launched a complete play bleached, allowing only three hits and struggling six to ensure the title. The performance limited a dominant tournament race in which Rothenberger launched the 21 tickets into three games, renouncing only two races in total and taking the rebels to three consecutive victories.
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For the effort, Rothenberger was named for the team of all tournaments.
Trans launcher never left the mound for Champlin Park
The Rothenberger Tournament began with a complete play bleached in the quarterfinals against Eagan sown No. 7, allowing seven hits and struggling four in a 5-0 victory. In the semifinals, Champlin Park surpassed No. 6 White Bear Lake, 3–2, behind another complete Rothenberger game, who gave two races (one won), struck out three and hit two crucial doubles, including one that led to the winning race of the game in the seventh.
Including the 14 bleached entries that Rothenberger launched in the sectional finals to help Champlin Park arrive at the state tournament first, the Junior allowed only two races in 35 tickets to close the postseason.
The other Champlin Park pitcher, Ava Abrahamson, appeared as a designated player throughout the tournament, but never entered as a pitcher.
Marissa Rothenberger launched a complete whiten of the game in the quarterfinal round of the Minnesota Girls Softball State Tournament. (Amber Harding/Outkick)
The state tournament saw mixed emotions among the spectators
Outside the stadium on Friday morning, a small group of protesters met peacefully, holding signs that said “women deserve fair sports” and “Democrats for title IX”, pointing out the bipartisan opposition to the policies that allowed Rothenberger, a biological man, competing in the division of girls.
The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) allows athletes to compete in gender identity events, regardless of biological sex.
Attempts to talk to Champlin Park’s parents after victory were greatly rejected. A father, the father of the Junior gardener Ava parent, offered a brief comment.
“Happy to see that the bats of the rebels come to life,” he said, referring to the strongest offensive exhibition of the team compared to his close semifinal victory.
Another father of Champlin Park, when he was asked for comments, asked him what exit he would be talking. When “outkick,” he replied, “go talk to the other side. I am sure they have a lot to tell you.”
Champlin Park celebrates winning the state championship while Bloomington Jefferson Mira. (Amber Harding)
Trans launcher hits 2 doubles, launches another complete game to send the team to the Minnesota state championship
For Bloomington Jefferson’s parents, the loss was heartbreaking, but they were proud of Jaguars’ efforts throughout the tournament.
“It was difficult, but what can you do? They are following the rules, they like it or not,” a father told Outkick.
Another Jefferson father said: “He was disappointing. I give credit to the other team: they left the ball. But you cannot avoid asking you how things could have gone with an equal playing field.”
A third father emphasized his support for the girls, regardless of the final score.
“I am very proud of the way our girls played all this tournament,” he said. “We taught you sportsmanship, and someone had to lose. However, this is a pill difficult to swallow.”
A Jefferson mother decided to make the most of a difficult situation.
“We exceed expectations this season. No one expected us to be in the championship in the first place,” he said. “We are going to celebrate anyway.”
Champlin Park leaves with the title, and leaves a conversation that is far from finishing.
