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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A federal appeals court again has upheld a lower court's ruling that Michigan's prep sports schedule discriminates against girls in some sports.
The ruling issued Wednesday by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati stemmed from a 1998 federal lawsuit filed against the Michigan High School Athletic Association by Diane Madsen and Jay Roberts-Eveland, both Grand Rapids-area mothers of female athletes, in conjunction with their group, Communities for Equity.
The lawsuit focuses on the scheduling of high school sports seasons involving girls teams. In particular, girls in Michigan play basketball in the fall and volleyball in the winter, the opposite of collegiate schedules.
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