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West Virginia government director Patrick Morrisey promised to continue the fight to protect women’s and girls’ sports as a transgender athlete competing against girls in the state championship.
Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old beginner at Bridgeport Senior High School, who has been the subject of a Supreme Court case about their participation in girls’ sports, finished in third place in the discus event and eighth in the shot put competition.
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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
When Pepper-Jackson attended the meeting, Morrisey called on officials to hold separate scores.
“A boy is currently competing in Girls’ Sports at High School State Track Meet in West Virginia,” Morrisey wrote on Facebook. “It’s wrong and unfair. I again urge officials to hold separate scores so that the true winners can be awarded when we win in court.
“We don’t stop fighting to protect girls’ sports.”
A federal appeals court blocked a law on West Virginia that would have prevented biological men from competing against girls and women in sports last year. The court said the law cannot legally be applied to a Middle School Age girls who have taken puberty-blocking medication and have been publicly identified as a girl since third grade.
West Virginia has since appealed to the Supreme Court on the decision of the appeal.
Becky Pepper-Jackson participates in the Lambda Legal Liberty Awards on June 8, 2023 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images to Lambda Legal)
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In 2023, the Supreme Court justice refused to disturb an appeal court order that allowed the girl to continue to play on her middle school’s tracks and cross -country team.
When the West Virginia High School course and Field moved into the post -season, Morrisey coaches called on to allow athletes to “take a stand” against transcends participating in girls’ sports.
“I think what’s going on right now in West Virginia – with boys playing sports against girls – to be abominable and unlike the law,” he wrote on Facebook. “While we wait for the Supreme Court to issue their decision in this case, I urge all involved coaches to let these brave athletes take a stand for what is right without unreasonable punishment.
Patrick Morrisey speaks at a campaign event October 22, 2018 in Inwood, West Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“As we all work to remove the wrongly decided injunction in the coming months, I ask for all tournament officials to keep a complete set of results so that true winners of each event can be recognized when the Supreme Court controls in our favor.”
