Champlin Park wins Minnesota softball state title behind trans pitcher's complete game shutout

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MINNEAPOLIS – The Champlin Park Rebels are state champions.

The No. 2-seeded Rebels shut out No. 4 Bloomington Jefferson, 6–0, in the Class AAAA Minnesota high school girls’ softball championship game Friday morning at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Marissa Rothenberger celebrates in the dugout with teammates after Champlin Park's dramatic win. (Amber Harding)

Once again, it was junior pitcher Marissa Rothenberger, a trans-identifying male athlete, who took the mound for Champlin Park — and never gave it up. Rothenberger threw a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out six to secure the title. The performance capped off a dominant tournament run in which Rothenberger pitched all 21 innings across three games, giving up just two runs total and leading the Rebels to three-straight wins.

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For the effort, Rothenberger was named to the All-Tournament team.

Rothenberger’s tournament began with a complete-game shutout in the quarterfinals against No. 7-seeded Eagan, allowing seven hits and striking out four in a 5–0 win. In the semifinals, Champlin Park edged No. 6 White Bear Lake, 3–2, behind another complete game from Rothenberger, who gave up two runs (one earned), struck out three and hit two crucial doubles — including one that led to the game-winning run in the seventh.

Including the 14 shutout innings that Rothenberger pitched in the sectional finals to help Champlin Park