Two Maine high school girls plan to ask federal officials to intervene over a transgender soccer player’s participation on an opposing team, alleging the state’s eligibility rules have denied them fair competition and hurt their teams’ results.
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rules → plan → results
The player scored or assisted on roughly half of South Portland High School’s goals this season, according to a draft Title IX complaint prepared by Alliance Defending Freedom, provided to OutKick.
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player → score → OutKick
A scoring chart supplied for the planned complaint credits the athlete with 15 goals and 10 assists.
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chart → supply → goals
ADF plans to submit the complaint Monday, Nov. 2, to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on behalf of Reagan Wilson, a junior at Fryeburg Academy, and Morgan Clark, a junior and varsity soccer captain at Windham High School.
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ADF → plan → School
The draft has not yet been filed.
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draft → file → ?
"Despite all their hard work and discipline, Reagan and Morgan may be denied the thrill of victory because Maine lets males with inherent biological advantages compete on girls’ teams," the draft states.
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draft → deny → teams
"Reagan and Morgan urge OCR to step in, stop this violation of federal law, and protect the right of women and girls to compete on a level playing field."
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Reagan → urge → field
The complaint would target the Maine Department of Education, Maine Principals’ Association, South Portland School Department and Windham Raymond School District.
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complaint → target → Education
It asks federal officials to investigate and require changes to eligibility policies, along with remedies for alleged past violations.
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It → ask → violations
The allegations center on a freshman who identifies as female and joined South Portland’s girls’ varsity soccer team this fall.
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who → center → team
The supplied chart credits the athlete with three goals in South Portland’s 7-0 season-opening victory over Portland, both goals in a 2-0 win over Gorham and two goals and two assists in a 9-0 victory over Biddeford.
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chart → supply → Biddeford
It also lists three assists in a 6-1 win over Noble and a goal in a 4-1 victory over Falmouth.
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It → list → Falmouth
The chart includes results through South Portland’s Oct. 27 playoff victory and lists an Oct. 30 matchup against Scarborough as upcoming.
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chart → include → Scarborough
The source who supplied the document said it would be updated before Monday’s filing if the athlete scores additional playoff goals.
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athlete → supply → goals
South Portland’s improvement has also drawn attention in local sports coverage.
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improvement → draw → coverage
The Portland Press Herald reported that the team finished 2025 with a 3-9-2 record and reached 11-2-2 after winning its first regional quarterfinal in program history Oct. 27.
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team → report → history
Wilson’s team lost to South Portland in an Aug. 29 match, according to the draft.
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team → lose → draft
Clark’s Windham team played South Portland to a 1-1 tie Oct. 1, a result the complaint alleges lowered Windham’s ranking.
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complaint → play → ranking
Both girls intend to play varsity soccer next year and expect to face the athlete again, their attorneys say.
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attorneys → intend → athlete
Wilson’s experience extends beyond soccer.
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experience → extend → soccer
The draft says she previously competed against a transgender runner who won the 2024 Western Maine Conference cross-country championship.
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who → say → championship
It also alleges her indoor track team’s standing suffered when a transgender athlete won the girls’ pole vault at the 2025 state championships.
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athlete → allege → championships
The attorneys describe those earlier competitions as evidence that Maine officials knew about the effects of their policies, although those events are not themselves the subject of this complaint.
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events → describe → complaint
The draft quotes that policy as allowing a transgender student to compete according to either birth sex or gender identity, "but not both."
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student → quote → sex
It also cites language stating that "[n]o medical records or official documents shall be requested or required to establish a student’s gender identity."
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records → cite → identity
ADF argues that the policy fails to preserve equal athletic opportunities for female students.
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policy → argue → students
"Under the policy, biological males can win not only in the male category but also in the female category, expanding opportunities for male athletes at the expense of female athletes," the draft states.
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draft → win → athletes
Maine officials have defended participation based on gender identity under the Maine Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on that basis.
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which → defend → basis
The association previously said it would continue following state law despite Trump’s executive order restricting transgender participation in female sports.
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it → say → sports
The draft also invokes the Supreme Court’s June ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J. , which upheld state restrictions on transgender participation in girls’ and women’s sports.
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which → invoke → sports
The court concluded that Title IX permits eligibility rules based on biological sex.
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IX → conclude → sex
However, it expressly left unresolved the separate question of whether schools may allow transgender athletes to compete on female teams — the issue ADF’s planned complaint seeks to challenge in Maine.
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complaint → leave → Maine
The planned filing follows a dispute that thrust Maine into national attention in early 2025.
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that → plan → 2025
After a transgender Greely High School athlete won the girls’ state pole-vault championship, Trump confronted Democratic Gov. Janet Mills at a Feb. 21 White House event and threatened to withhold federal funding unless Maine complied with his sports executive order.
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Maine → win → order
Mills said she would follow state and federal law and told Trump, "See you in court."
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she → say → court
The Justice Department subsequently sued Maine’s education department in April 2025 over transgender participation in girls’ sports.
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Department → sue → sports
The girls are scheduled to speak Monday at a 10 a.m. press conference at the Capitol Building’s Welcome Center in Augusta, alongside ADF, the Independent Council on Women’s Sports and organizers seeking a 2027 referendum on school sports and facilities.
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girls → schedule → sports
The Protect Girls Sports in Maine committee says it will submit nearly 5,000 additional signatures after its earlier petition fell 532 valid signatures short of qualifying for this year’s ballot.
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petition → say → ballot
The announcement will come one day before Republican Sen. Susan Collins faces Democratic former state Senate President Troy Jackson in Maine’s Senate election.
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Collins → come → election
Collins has supported federal restrictions on transgender participation in female sports.
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Collins → support → sports
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