Male Field Hockey Player Too Good to Play on Girls' Team

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It seems there is just no place for a boy on a girls' field hockey team. New York officials have ruled that 13-year-old Keeling Pilaro, who has competed with the Southampton High School field hockey team for the past two seasons, will not be allowed to play with the team when the fall season starts.

Echoing a controversial ruling last fall by the Wilson Intermediate Football League limiting the scoring ability of one player because of his exceptional skills, Section 11, which oversees high school sports in Suffolk County, has ruled that Pilaro is just too good and that his participation is causing "a significant adverse effect on some of his opposing female players," said Ed Cinelli, Section 11 executive director. According to MyFoxNY.com, Cinelli went on to explain, "The rules state he would be allowed to play if he wasn't the dominant player."

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