Boy barred from girls’ hockey as top skills an ‘unfair advantage’
A 13-year-old New York boy who played field hockey growing up in Ireland has been told he is now too skilled to qualify for an exemption allowing him to compete with — and against — girls next season.
Keeling Pilaro’s 10 goals and eight assists earned him all-conference honours as a member of the Southampton High School girls’ team for the past two years.
