There’s A Dude On The Dennis-Yarmouth Field Hockey Team

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CBS – If it’s called the girls’ field hockey team, then why is there a boy on the field? That’s what some parents were asking as they watched Dennis-Yarmouth face off against Acton-Boxboro Tuesday with goalie Max Allen protecting the DY goal net.

“Look at him lined up with everybody else. I mean, there’s such a physical difference,” said Maura Champigny watching her daughter’s team face Allen. “Having a boy in a field hockey net somehow doesn’t sit well.”

Oh come on man, why do you have to do this do the rest of us? Like guys don’t have enough to worry about, now we have to figure out a way to talk about a dude on a field hockey team and not end up sleeping on the couch tonight? Very selfish bro. You switched teams in more ways than one.

What am I supposed to do though, not write about this? No chance, so here goes nothing…

I’m sure this will inevitably break down into an argument about gender roles and how society created and perpetuates them. Bullshit. Society didn’t create gender roles, science and nature did. There were gender roles way before there was a modern society. Lions have gender roles and last I checked they don’t have television.

The bottom line here is that if you think boys should be able to play athletic sports with girls then you need to be OK with it at every level. Would you be OK with a man beating the shit out of a woman in a boxing ring?

Sorry, but when it comes to physicality men and women are simply not on the same playing field. Ignoring those differences is akin to burying our heads in the sand, which doesn’t solve any of the real problems we have with sexism, and it certainly doesn’t get us any closer to actual equality, just deeper into denial.

So this kid wants to play field hockey? Well guess what? We don’t all get to do what we want. Midgets would love to ride a roller coaster every once in a while. Girls would like to pee off the side of a moving boat. I’d be interested to know what it’s like to carry a human egg to maturity inside of me for 9 months, but I can’t. Why? BECA– USE I’M NOT A WOMAN.

Lastly, to his coach who says he’s “the same as everyone else on the team” and all of you ladies who are about to comment saying you think it’s cute and endearing the way he is challenging the status quo, let me ask you this. If your daughter was on that team, would you be cool with him showering with her after the game? How about sleeping over in her bed this weekend? No? But… we are all the same…

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  1. If a girl can be on the football team or baseball team why not the boy on the girls team. I believe this is not the first dude on a field hockey team, I think there was one on the cape tech team in the late 70's

  6. No just to asshats like u. Who cares if he plays fielf hockey? Maybe u should spend less time checking out the underage girls playin and gettin jealous about the guy playing goalie perv

  8. Max has every right to play. DY plays other teams with boys but no one cares about those teams because they aren't good. This is 2014 if you have a problem go deal with the people who make the rules. Max isn't breaking any rules and its not like no girls can score on him… AB still won. Leave Max alone.

  9. Field hockey is a male dominant sport over in Europe. Also, it's not the "girls field hockey team" it's the "field hockey team" field hockey isn't gender specific nor will it ever be. P.S. I play field hockey. Don't talk bad about something unless you actually know what you're talking about.

  10. Actually a guy at Chatham HS did it first in the mid-90's. I'm glad sports teams that don't cater to both sexes are getting more integrated… my HS golf team might as well have been called the Men's golf team, the few girls who dared play were stuck alone on the putting green every day, not allowed to play the course nvm compete!

  11. Shame on you for being a complete asshole. So what, many females played lacrosse on the men's team at DY and got treated the same way. Everyone should be ashamed of themselves posting rude POSTS about Max Allen if many of you don't know him he's a brilliant smart great person. Its the 21st century people. Get with the program people can do what ever they want. EQUALITY! And you know what shame on the writter for saying would you be okay with them showering together. Have you ever heard of seperate bathrooms because that's how it goes!! If you have nothing else to do than rash on a teenage boy for what he is passionate about then you guys are just stupid pathetic worthless people and should find something better to do with your time… Day won fair in square in there championship they worked hard and deserved it don't think that its just because there's a guy on the team. They worked there asses off! The reason why there champions is because they don't make lame ass excuses from themselves. I'm done, have a great night asshole.

  12. This is literally bullshit, and kinda sexist actually. He's a really sweet kid and he's been playin feild hockey on the girls team since middle school. You don't like it? Too fucking bad. It's 2014 and everyone is equal.

  14. Well I was going to leave a biting comment about your inane diatribe on our goalie, but then I just felt sad for you as a reporter. You call yourself "The Real Cape", but you are just "breaking" this story now? You do realize he has been playing for DY since 9th grade and at middle school before that. You might just be the world's worst Cape reporter for not being the first to talk about this. Instead you are posting after the game of one of the best season's of one of the best teams that DY has had since 1987. Which by the way is when my team won the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, and I would have been honored to have Max play for us!! You may want to reconsider your career choice.

  17. I played field hockey as a freshman at DY. After my freshman year I transferred to Fryeburg Academy in Maine. FA has international dorm students from all over the world. I also played FH there and we had several male students who played on the team. In the countries they were from FH was a predominately men's sport and they had all played on FH teams in their home countries before attending FA. Therefore it was never an issue for them to be playing FH with us. I feel bad for you because apparently you are attempting to hide how insecure you are at someone else's expense.

  18. For your information, guys have been on field hockey teams particularly in the dennis yarmouth school system for over 10 years now. It was even featured on Real Sporta with Bryant Gumbel MANY years ago. This is not new news nor should it be an issue in today's day. Pathetic article without any credibility.

  19. Literally, screw whoever wrote this. Max Allen is an incredible athlete and last time I checked, NO ONE ELSE has a problem with him.

  21. As a recent Dennis Yarmouth graduate I find this article quite unnecessary and out of line. This isn't real news and your time spent writing this article could have been used doing something more productive with your life like writing about something that matters. Instead of criticizing, why don't you support Max for doing something he loves. At least he's making a difference in life.

  22. As a recent Dennis Yarmouth graduate I find this article quite unnecessary and out of line. This isn't real news and your time spent writing this article could have been used doing something more productive with your life like writing about something that matters. Instead of criticizing, why don't you support Max for doing something he loves. At least he's making a difference in life.

  23. It's 2014. He has every right to play and parents of opposing teams are just upset because their team lost. And where the article says "If your daughter was on that team, would you be cool with him showering with her after the game?" he doesn't even change in the girls locker room. You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Max is an amazing athlete and DY field hockey is so lucky to have him. He has such a bright future in this sport.

  24. Shame on you Hippie for challenging everyone to think about this as a controversial subject and not as a negative article solely about Max and this particular situation. I'm sure you would agree with everyone that Max is a good kid. The actual content of the article and debate is sparks is spot on. Does everyone feel comfortable without gender separation in sports. To his point would you feel comfortable with a man and woman in a boxing match? No. All of you would be the same people who would throw their arms up in outrage if lets say the high school baseball team decided to take the year off and play softball instead. Now I'm not saying that there may not still be some girls who would make the team, but I am saying that in all likelihood that would be a team that was predominately made up of those male baseball players. Leaving little room for many of the girls to make the team. So again lets say it's your daughters senior year and she has been on the team for the past 3 years and she was told she couldn't be on the team because she was cut in lieu of all the male players, how would you all react then???

  25. Legit this is fucking retarded. You can go fuck yourself for even saying this. I would have a lawsuit if I couldn't play a sport because I wasn't the right gender. Obviously you're sexist and can't handle that he has more girls around him then you. Girls can play any sport guys can and guys a can play any sport girls can so I don't understand the problem.

  26. What a totally ignorant piece. Have you ever even been to a field hockey game? Maybe before you open your mouth, you should become a little more educated. You come off sounding like a complete asshole. Grow up.

  27. No, the fact that you would pick on a high school kid for being great at what he loves speaks volumes about YOUR character. Don't you have anything better to do?

  28. Can all guys try out then let's go strictly by talent and get an all guy girls field hockey team they could win states… That wouldn't make dy look good bottom line knowone wants to leave a bad comment cause then they'd get slammed as a sexist. It's just not good for the sport it's unfair and now days everything's gotta be fair.

  29. Title IX was put in place to get rid of sexism in school sports, and gender equality applies to ALL genders. By calling out an individual student, you're doing more than pointing out something that is "different." For one thing, you're ignoring what school sports is all about. It's great when your school wins a game, but that's not the point. Student athletes learn how to manage their time alongside their academics, to keep their bodies healthy, and most importantly, to work as a team toward a common goal. In the real world, people have to work with everyone. There's no special job market for certain genders or other groups. Athletes on coed teams learn to see other genders as equals rather than "others," which is a healthy attitude. By calling out this one individual because he plays on a traditionally female team, you are saying that his equal right to access to extracurricular activities and his entire team and community's inclusive, coed environment is less important than "leveling the playing field" in what is in actuality an arbitrary competition. Anyone who believes that high school sports should be just about the competition is simply wrong. Some competition is healthy, but very few of those students see sports as a career. High school is a learning environment. This article treats it as though it is anything but that. When you call out an individual like this, you are taking the attention away from his and his teammate's educations and putting it on something that should be much lower on their list of concerns. Max's job right now as a high school senior is to apply to colleges, and he shouldn't feel like the media is waiting to criticize his every move.

  31. I do not believe the DY field hockey team makes cuts (although there are others on here more informed than I am about this). Most DY sports are, as they should be, inclusive groups that do everything they can to avoid having to cut people. If it came down to who could be on the team, the coach, as an educator, should and would favor those who had already played and would not allow female players to be cut in lieu of males. In that situation she would encourage the male players to choose a more male dominated sport to make room for the girls, but right now, with one boy on the team, that's not an issue.

  32. Kaylee Hennessey Well said. I'm not very familiar with this particular website, but if they think that publicly shaming high school students is okay in this community, they need to rethink their definition of news.

  33. Pull Max out of the argument here. If male and females tried out for all high school sports, then we would have predominantly male sports teams with some girls sprinkled in. This is not being sexist. It may sound sexist in words, but it is a reality that none of you are willing to accept. It would not be good for high school sports if this became the trend. It would no longer be enjoyable for the girl who wants to have nothing more than to have comradery and be part of a team with fellow girls. In high school we had coed sports, including indoor field hockey. The games were very popular, but it did not count towards any state titles, everyone was encouraged to play and it satisfied the experience of both male and female working together on a team and promoting a sense of equality.

  35. It's pretty sad that you feel the need to bash others in your free time. So what if there is a guy on the field hockey team? Other teams have guys but you just felt the need to point it out because D-Y has been successful.

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