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Girls basketball team denied trophy after beating boys in championship game
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:04 am
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:04 am
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Hoover girls denied basketball trophy after winning championship against boys: ‘I’m sorry you don’t count’
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A group of fifth grade Hoover girls forced to play boys in a recreational youth league were not recognized as champions despite winning the league title when the trophy was instead awarded to the boys who lost the game, according to parents.
The girls, who played in a competitive girls’ league for three years representing Spain Park, were told they could not continue to use Hoover gyms for their practices unless they joined the city’s youth recreational league and play with boys
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The girls were “middle of the pack” and lost tough games during the youth rec league season, according to Mashayekh.
“Playing the boys was a challenge they rose to meet,” she said. “It made them better players and a better team.”
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Hoover City Administrator Allan Rice did not say how the city was rectifying the situation, instead sending this statement to AL.com: “On Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, the City of Hoover and the Hoover Parks and Recreation Board became aware of concerns about a recent youth basketball tournament. We are currently working to provide proper recognition to all the teams that were successful in that tournament. Also, we are reviewing the full extent of what occurred to ensure all future programs are handled appropriately.”
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This post was edited on 3/4/23 at 9:06 am
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Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:06 am to StringedInstruments
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I’m sorry you don’t count
This is the beauty of sports. It prepares you for life.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:07 am to StringedInstruments
Until middle school or so, girls can compete with boys in some sports.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:08 am to StringedInstruments
As someone who is very familiar with this area, I am pretty sure the issue wasn’t the fact it was girls and instead was the fact they are from Spain Park. The ill will Hoover people have for anything to do with Spain Park is akin to the feelings between Palestinians and Jews.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:08 am to StringedInstruments
So they played and won legitimately and Hoover won’t recognize it? frick that. Give the girls the trophy
This post was edited on 3/4/23 at 9:09 am
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:08 am to StringedInstruments
They should let them play again in 5 years for all the marbles
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:09 am to gumpinmizzou
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So they played and wind legitimately and Hoover won’t recognize it?
Not only that, but apparently they gave the losing boys team the trophy because they were technically the “best” boys team in the boys league.
The coach should have told his boys to hand the girls the trophy.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:11 am to StringedInstruments
I would say I’m shocked, but the people that run sports in Hoover have always seemed like assholes, so I’m not
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:12 am to OysterPoBoy
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This is the beauty of sports. It prepares you for life.
You are not wrong.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:14 am to gumpinmizzou
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I would say I’m shocked, but the people that run sports in Hoover have always seemed like assholes, so I’m not
That’s why I think this has more to do with the fact this team had played for Spain Park than the fact it was a girls team. I’m sure it pissed them off a girls team beat their boys. But the fact it was a Spain Park team made it even worse in their eyes.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:17 am to Sun God
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They should let them play again in 5 years for all the marbles
Which Hoover team was your son on?
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:19 am to MoarKilometers
You got me
I’m Rush Propst
I’m Rush Propst
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:32 am to Sun God
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You got me
I’m Rush Propst
Not gonna lie, I definitely laughed out loud
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:38 am to OysterPoBoy
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This is the beauty of sports. It prepares you for life.
They should have given them 72% of the trophy. Amirite?
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:53 am to StringedInstruments
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Hoover girls denied basketball trophy after winning championship against boys: ‘I’m sorry you don’t count’
Had to be SEC refs.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:56 am to Darth_Vader
Tell us about this Spain Park. The only thing I could find was that they seem to have a pretty good high school.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:57 am to LSUFanHouston
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Tell us about this Spain Park.
Interestingly most folks there don’t speak Spanish
Posted on 3/4/23 at 10:00 am to StringedInstruments
This story is insane
Posted on 3/4/23 at 10:20 am to StringedInstruments
If they admitted them to the league and the tournament, then they deserve the trophy. If they were going to be denied, it around have been before the games were played. I'd rather the winners get the trophy instead of making it a participation trophy.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 10:22 am to StringedInstruments
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Not only that, but apparently they gave the losing boys team the trophy because they were technically the “best” boys team in the boys league.
The coach should have told his boys to hand the girls the trophy.
The boys coach shouldn’t have accepted it and made sure the girls team was recognized.
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