Father blasts leadership after daughter competes against trans softball pitcher: 'It's cowardice'

Several female athletes appeared in an XX-XY Athletics ad sending messages to Nike amid the fight to protect girls' and women's sports.

In Minnesota, a 6-foot-tall biological male continues to dominate girls' softball.

As a sophomore last year, Marissa Rothenberger helped Champlin Park High School win 14-straight games heading into the playoffs and was named First-Team All-State — the only underclassman in the 4A division to earn the honor. Now a junior, Rothenberger remains a standout on the mound, with a 6-1 record, 67 strikeouts and a 0.76 ERA in 46 innings pitched, per Minnesota Softball Hub.

But not everyone is cheering. Many parents and players are left wondering why a male athlete is allowed to compete in girls’ sports in the first place and why no one is willing to say anything about it.

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The player is dominating high school competition in Minnesota. (Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

The father of a South Dakota club softball player, who asked to remain anonymous for his daughter's privacy, told OutKick that his daughter’s team played against Rothenberger’s team twice last year in travel ball.

"Our girls have played Marissa's team twice, and they’re a good club. They’re a top-notch club," he said. "However, when you’ve got a kid that goes 3-for-3 and 2-for-2 and pitches two innings and strikes out five batters... sometimes there’s just things you notice that are a little bit odd."

His daughter plays on a team with multiple Division I commits — seasoned athletes used to high-level competition — but none of them had been told they’d be facing a biological male.

"None of us knew that that girl was a boy," he said. "But when this came out... my