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Excellent stats. It would seem that the trans kid would have no other way to play baseketball, unless playing on a boys team. Recommending this would depend on a number of difficult factors, not least of which would be the issue of the trans kid not being a boy, in her view. I wonder if it would set a difficult precedent if this trans person wanted to continue at college level in girl sports, or if there are many more who will want to compete on the girls basketball teams. But with those reservations in mind, I completely agree with you that there is a case here - and this issue should be dealt with on a case-by-case-basis IMO - to potentially allow the ONE trans kid on the girls team, depending on a proper assessment of fairness in the High School system. If for example she's 6'6", 250 lbs, can bench 350, and dunk whenever under the basket, I'm not sure that would be fair on the girl's team. Otherwise, sure, perhaps there's a reason for her to be on the team that does not negatively impact High School basketball 4th division sports. Utah is an interesting example, but for ages 13-17, there are 22,200 transgender youth in California. source; (this will download a PDF, however). Not intending to drag the duscussion onward - just thinking....