I commented yesterday on the Minnesota state girls’ softball tournament with reference to Bill Shipley’s column “How One Young Man Altered The Landscape of Girls’ High School Softball In Minnesota.” John added: “It has been reported that when Charles Rothenberger was nine years old, his mother had his birth certificate altered to change his name to Marissa and his sex from male to female. As far as I have seen, no reporter has asked whether he has undergone surgery or chemical treatment. Nor has it been reported whether Marissa showers with the girls. In any event, Rothenberger grew into a strapping six-footer with a fast ball that the girls can’t hit.” However, OutKick’s Amber Harding describes Rothenberger as “a transgender-identifying male[.]”
The championship game is scheduled for later today. Assuming Rothenberger is as described by Harding, Bill Shipley has now forwarded us this follow-up in anticipation of today’s championship game:
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If he possesses a shred of sportsmanship, dignity, or a conscience, Champlin Park Girls Softball Team Coach Bryan Woodley will field a line-up of nine biological female players in Friday’s Minnesota Class 4AAAA State Championship Game. He will have his one biological male player on the bench. He should do this in order to find out if his GIRLS are the best GIRL’S High School softball team in Minnesota – or not.
Last week I posted an article on my Substack page that included a factual analysis of the Champlin Park team’s 2025 season, breaking down the statistical season of CP’s pitcher “Marissa” Rothenberger, a biological boy who has played the last two seasons on the Girls’ softball team. Rothenberger has statistically dominated his female competition over the course of the 12 games he had pitched in, destroying the integrity of the Minneapolis area league that his school competes in.
One thing I noted in the article was that Rothenberger – a junior – and a sophomore teammate who is a biological girl, had alternated as starting pitcher in CP’s games nearly the entire year. Rothenberger’s overall record was 9-1 in 11 games started. His teammate “A.A.” – a sophomore – was 9-1 in 10 games started. Rothenberger had a significantly better “Earned Run Average” at 0.82, compared to A.A.’s ERA of 1.38 – still very good.
Class 4AAAA is the highest class of high school sports in Minnesota, consisting of the largest high schools in the state. Even though CP Coach Woodly had alternated A.A. and Rothenberger all season, when the 4AAAA Section 5 tournament rolled around last week, the Coach opted to start Rothenberger in all three games.
Rothenberger gave up two runs on a home run in the first game – one swing of the bat – but then pitched 14 consecutive shutout innings in the next two games – twice beating the defending Minnesota Class 4AAAA State Champion Rogers High School by scores of 2-0 and 1-0. As a result, CP advanced to this week’s Class 4AAAA State Champtionship Tournament – for the first time ever.
Champlin Park played its first two State Tournament games on June 3. Rothenberger – the boy – was the only pitcher used by Coach Woodly in both games. Just like the previous week in the Section 5 tournament, his teammate A.A. — a 9-1 sophomore girl — did not pitch to a single batter. Champlin Park won the two games by scores of 5-0 and 3-2. It now awaits the team that advances out of the “Loser’s Bracket” for the Championship game today — Friday, June 6.
In the 3-2 victory over White Bear Lake – a game between two winners of their first game – White Bear Lake had 7 hits off Rothenberger, tied for the most hits he has given up all season. But CP made two errors in the field, and only one of the runs scored against Rothenberger was “earned.” So, even with 7 hits, a team of biological girls was able to only put a single run across the plate.
The Championship Game on Friday should not be about Marissa Rothenberger being a boy playing and dominating Girls High School Softball. The opposing team will send out 9 biological females to play for a Minnesota State Championship for their school.
Champlin Park Coach Woodley has the chance to do the same thing. He has 8 biological female players in the field as part of his team. The only remaining question is whether he sends out a ninth biological female – A.A. – so his girls can prove to everyone that they are the best “All Girl” team in the State of Minnesota.
Alternatively, he can send out a boy with long hair who answers to the name of “Marissa.” If his team scores more runs than the opposition he will prove nothing – he’s already established beyond a doubt that a boy pitching in girls high school softball can make a mockery of the game.
“Mission Accomplished,” Coach. How about let’s make Friday’s match-up a game to decide which squad of 9 biological girls is the best in Class 4AAAA in the State of Minnesota?
When you fill out your lineup card, put “A.A.” in at Position “9.” Tell Marissa to root hard for his female teammates trying to win a Girls’ State Championship.
