During Tuesday evening’s Kern County Board of Education meeting, the Board approved a Title IX resolution that prohibits transgender girls from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity.
From the small agricultural town of Richgrove to the fields of Division I football, 20-year-old Andres Rodriguez is proving that hard work and resilience can turn dreams into reality.
By Luis-Angel Gonzalez
Despite high school sports garnering a wide audience, smaller agriculture-based communities like Kern County tend to be underrepresented.
Through the trials and tribulations of the winter sports season, McFarland Varsity Boys Basketball were able to truly represent their city at a high level.
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Kern County is an environment that has not been known for high school football, but this may change in the future.
In the middle of the high school varsity soccer game between Mira Monte High School and Porterville’s Granite Hills High School, the Granite Hills team decided to forfeit the game over Mira Monte’s transgender goalkeeper.