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   The preconception that there’s no place for girls in boys sports   
   has begun to fade in recent years, from Mo’ne Davis’ super-   
   charged fastball at last year’s Little League World Series to   
   Becky Hammon winning an NBA summer league title in her first   
   year as a men’s head coach.   
      
   But in the case of one youth basketball team in Virginia, having   
   a girl on its roster meant disqualification from a national   
   tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on the eve of the championship   
   game.   
      
   The Charlottesville Cavaliers, a 10-and-under travel basketball   
   team, were unaware the National Travel Basketball Association   
   (NTBA) had changed its policy to disallow girls from boys’   
   national tournaments, the Charlottesville Daily Progress   
   reported. The tournaments had never barred female athletes in   
   the past, and the Cavs had entered co-ed teams multiple times   
   before.   
      
   The Cavaliers — including 10-year-old Kymora Johnson, the team’s   
   only female player — proceeded through the registration process   
   in Myrtle Beach without a hiccup. They presented birth   
   certificates, filed all the proper paperwork, and were never   
   told keeping Johnson on the roster was any sort of violation.   
      
   Five wins later, as the Cavs prepped for the tournament’s title   
   game, the NTBA stepped in. The Daily Progress reported NTBA   
   president John Whitley cited the oversight to Johnson’s limited   
   time on the floor throughout the tournament.   
      
   “We have no problem with the girls sitting on the bench,”   
   Whitley told the Daily Progress. “We don’t care who sits on the   
   bench with the teams.”   
      
   The Washington Post reported Johnson pleaded with tournament   
   officials to solely disqualify her and not her entire team, but   
   because another entire team had received the boot earlier in the   
   tournament, precedent had already been set.   
      
   According to the Post, Johnson began playing with the Cavaliers   
   at the age of 5 due to the lack of a girls’ team for that age   
   range.   
      
   Cavaliers head coach Joe Mallory told the Daily Progress he is   
   considering legal action against the NTBA. In addition to being   
   disqualified, the team was not reimbursed for registration fees   
   at the tournament or any hotel or other travel expenses.   
      
   http://patch.com/california/sanclemente/s/f62ds/10-and-under-   
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