Post by Jeanne Sager
As the mother of a girl, nothing makes me sadder than that look people get in their eyes when someone brings up female sports. It's a sort of glazed look. You know the one I'm talking about. I can see it pretty clearly in my memory. I just can't see anyone using it about Holly Marschke. She's 14. And yes, she's a she. Holly Marschke is both the smallest player on her high school basketball team and the only girl, and yet she's also one of the team's stars. So why did she come thisclose to not playing? Why else.![]()
As the mother of a girl, nothing makes me sadder than that look people get in their eyes when someone brings up female sports. It's a sort of glazed look. You know the one I'm talking about. I can see it pretty clearly in my memory. I just can't see anyone using it about Holly Marschke. She's 14. And yes, she's a she. Holly Marschke is both the smallest player on her high school basketball team and the only girl, and yet she's also one of the team's stars. So why did she come thisclose to not playing? Why else.