Field hockey captain seeks change, recalls harrowing incident involving boy on girls team in letter to MIAA

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A high school field hockey player called on the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to make a change after an incident during a match last week.

During a playoff game on Thursday night between Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School and Swampscott High School, a girl on the Dighton-Rehoboth team suffered "significant facial and dental injuries" that "required hospitalization" after she took a shot to the face from a male from Swampscott.

The play caused significant outrage on social media. But the MIAA allows males and females to participate in the other gender's sports if it is not made available to their own. Thus, a male may participate in field hockey, which is generally a sport for female athletes.

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Because of the rules, Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey captain Kelsey Bain wrote a letter to the MIAA to call on the organization to make a change in the wake of the furor over the incident. She wrote that the "MIAA needs to do better."

The MIAA didn’t immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Bain’s letter.

The incident occurred at a field hockey game in Massachusetts on Thursday. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Bain cited an article from the New Boston Post that said there were 41 boys who played on girls field hockey teams during the 2019-20 school year. Bain suggested the MIAA makes a new league.

"There is likely more interest, but the stigma of boys playing on a girl’s team is probably a deterrent," Bain wrote. "I am sure school districts can institute co-op teams to create further opportunities for males to play in their own division, which