softball
CA superintendent placed on leave after allegations of harassment towards softball team
A California superintendent was placed on leave last week—nearly a year after she allegedly bullied members of a girls' high school softball team for not applauding loud enough for her daughter during a ceremony. The Poway Unified School Distric...
LCU Softball Facility Re-Named to Maner Park
The Lubbock Christian University softball facility has undergone several upgrades and enhancements over the past six seasons, and the LCU Athletic Department is announcing that the facility will change names to honor supporters Otis and Faye Maner. B...
Umpire Makes High School Softball Player Cut Hair
An umpire in a North Carolina softball game gave a high school player an ultimatum recently: remove the beads from her hair or not participate in the game. The player, Nicole Pyles, decided to have her teammates cut the beads out of her hair to pa...
IHSA Adds Flexibility to Athletic Scheduling
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA), in coordination with the state's health department, has released updated scheduling guidelines that will allow for more flexibility in the upcoming athletic seasons. As athletics resumed in the state, s...
Field of Dreams: Iowa First State To Resume High School Sports
— "Is this heaven?" — "No. It's Iowa." The famous back-and-forth from the film 'Field of Dreams' can be recycled for this latest story. On Monday, June 1, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds lifted the temporary ban on the Iowa High School Athle...
Wyoming adds softball to high school sports offerings
The Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA) on Tuesday unanimously voted to sanction girls softball, joining 48 other states that already offer the sport. Softball becomes the 11th girls sport offered in Wyoming, and the inaugural seas...
Oregon HS reaches tentative settlement in Title IX lawsuit
The Lake Oswego School District in Oregon will upgrade its softball team's facilities as part of a settlement that was tentatively reached this week in a 2016 Title IX lawsuit. Ten current and former Lake Oswego High School softball players filed ...
Kentucky mandates face protection for prep softball players
Kentucky on Tuesday became the first state to require high school softball pitchers, first basemen and third basemen to wear face protection on the field. [caption id="attachment_24405" align="alignleft" width="267"] High school softball pitchers ...