LONG BEACH, Calif.—A group called the “Save Girls’ Sports CA Coalition” on Feb. 7 urged the governing body of high school sports in California to follow President Trump’s executive order banning men from women’s sports, and to end what the group called “discriminatory policies.”
“California Interscholastic Federation, CIF, is failing female athletes. CIF has chosen to defy a federal executive order,” said Sophia Lorey, outreach director of California Family Council, and an organizer of the Coalition, at a press conference in Long Beach, ahead of CIF’s quarterly council meeting at that location on the same day.
The CIF oversees the state’s interscholastic athletics competitions. The Federated Council is the governing body of CIF and includes high school superintendents, principals, athletic directors, educators, and allied organizations. CIF represents more than 1,600 high schools including both public and private….