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team in girls’ sports, a girl can try out for the boys’ team as though she were a boy. If she can meet the standards of hustle and physical conditioning, I have no problem as long as the girls are taught methods of protecting themselves.”
When he was told that Mr. Chappell said he had agreed with the 1982 decision not to let girls try out for soccer, he said, “I don’t remember that, but if he says I agreed with him, I agreed with him. Our only concern was the girls’ safety.”
Mr. Toth said he would now encourage girls to try more things. He would especially like to see more girls taking shop and technology classes. “It’s time we start changing our sexist ideas of roles. Women are a wasted resource in our society,” he added.
So since mid-August Shannon and Celeste have been practicing with the soccer team, and in last Wednesday’s scrimmage against Seton of Manassas, they played the entire first half. “Those girls have proven to me that they belong out there,” Coach Dietz said after the scrimmage. “It was a very physical game, and they held their own.”
Marie’s chance came a day later, w'hen a much less formal scrimmage was held between this year’s varsity team and alumni from soccer teams going back to that 1982 team. Marie played for the alumni, while Celeste and Shannon played for the varsity.
“I thought aerobics kept you in shape," Marie said as she left the field for a brief water break, “but it’s not like this.” She said she hadn’t played soccer since the 1983 season ended.
The three females were great favorites with the small crowd that
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