Massachusetts Field Hockey Injury Renews Co-Ed Sports Debate

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A student-athlete required hospitalization after suffering an injury to her face during a field hockey game Thursday between two Massachusetts high schools, and the incident is renewing a debate about co-ed sports.

As reported by Boston ABC affiliate WCVB, Dighton-Rehoboth School District superintendent Bill Runey said in a letter to families that a shot taken by a male member of the Swampscott High School team left a female player with "significant facial and dental injuries," including the blunt-force extraction of two of her teeth.

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