Champlin Park won the Minnesota softball state championship title on Friday afternoon behind trans athlete Marissa Rothenberger's complete-game shutout, sparking mixed reactions.

A transgender high school softball pitcher in Minnesota, Marissa Rothenberger, was left off the All-State team.

Champlin Park walks it off against White Bear Lake to advance to the Minnesota state championship game. Marissa Rothenberger (not the batter here) had 2 doubles and pitched another complete game.

BREAKING: “Marissa” Rothenberger, a biological male, just single-handedly led Champlin Park to a 6-0 shutout to win the Minnesota Girls’ State Championship.

The trans athlete, Marissa Rothenberger of Champlin Park High School, was absent from the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association list of 2025 All-State honors.. Rothenberger previously made the ...

Senior center fielder Ava Parent, senior left fielder Hannah Husom and senior third baseman Reese Remler, Champlin Park’s top three batters in the lineup, supplied the power with two runs batted ...