ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Outkick reporter Dan Zaksheske said that without his breaking the story of a boy playing on a girls volleyball team, it may have gone unnoticed.

Zaksheske writes for the national news site owned by Fox Corporation and broke the story of a boy who played on the Ann Arbor Skyline High School. He said, “Based on everything I learned through my reporting, it seemed Skyline was intent on never letting anyone know that one of its girls volleyball players was a male,” Zaksheske told Michigan News Source. “And thanks to MHSAA [Michigan High School Athletic Association] policy, there was no reason for them to disclose that fact.”

What do Americans think about boys in girls sports?

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Polling shows that the majority of society does not approve of a boy playing girls sports. In fact, a January 2025 New York Times/Ipsos poll found that 79% of the people polled thought that male athletes should not be allowed to play female sports.

The Ann Arbor Skyline’s season ended last week when they were defeated by Byron Center in the quarterfinals of the Division 1 state tournament. The boy player on the Ann Arbor team was a first-team all-conference selection.

The MHSAA plays the waiting game.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February that banned males from playing in female sports. In 2023, Democrats amended Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity and expression as a protected class.

MHSAA officials said those conflicting laws are why they’re waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to have the final say.

“Families deserve better.”

However, Republican lawmakers pressed the MHSAA for more transparency about whether it processed the proper paperwork to allow a transgender athlete. The MHSAA requires a waiver to be approved. Outkick questioned whether that had been done for the Skyline athlete.

State Rep. Jason Woolford, (R-Howell) criticized Skyline High School and the MHSAA in a statement he released Friday.

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“Girls’ sports in Michigan are under attack, and it’s happening in plain sight,” Woolford said in his statement. “Skyline High School allowed a biological male to compete on a girls’ team, and the organizations responsible for oversight have done nothing. Families deserve better than silence and shrugged shoulders.”