high school sports

A burpee workout assigned as punishment allegedly landed a Rockwall high school junior cheerleader in the hospital — two years after several football players were hospitalized with the same condition.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started investigating Dallas ISD after a secretly recorded video suggested a district employee wasn’t following state law requiring students to participate in sports based on their biological sex at birth. That person is no longer with the district.

The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed a legal petition to depose several district officials, including its superintendent, to "ensure that the District is not violating Texas law by permitting biological males to participate in girls’ sports."

Ryan defied the odds time after time during its historic playoff run and did so once more Saturday to win the first girls basketball state championship in Denton ISD history.

The Lady Raiders were never ranked higher than their preseason No. 16 spot in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ weekly state rankings. That didn’t stop them from making their way to the program’s first regional championship and now a shot at winning it all.

Ken Paxton has sent letters to Richardson and Hutto ISDs requesting they turn over their policies related to a state law requiring students participate in sports aligned with their assigned sex at birth. It comes after he demanded documents from Dallas and Irving ISDs.

Paxton’s letters to both districts are based on secretly recorded videos suggesting Dallas and Irving ISD officials may have violated a 2022 Texas law requiring public school students compete in athletic competitions based on their biological sex only.

The Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) will host a trans advocacy day in Austin to discuss bills affecting trans health care, trans youth participation in sports, and education.

Other states have instituted policies requiring stronger protocols for practices in hot weather to help avoid injuries.

The measure prohibits trans children and teens from playing on teams that align with their gender identity. LGBTQ+ rights groups in Texas and families of trans children say they are looking into legal options to challenge the bill.

If the bill becomes law, Texas will join at least five other states that have passed such legislation.

Some states delayed winter sports, but Texas has allowed the games to go on with precautions. Medical experts say the transmission risks are simply too high.