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[quote=Anonymous]Or not.

Let’s take Virginia.

In 1980 Virginia offered the following as official high school sports (the number of participants in the 1980-81 school year are included):

Boys in  1980-81             2024-25

Baseball (8250).                (8816)
Basketball (11440).            (9312)
XCountry (2685).               (5383)
Football  (22000).              (22970)
Golf. (1920)                       (3067)
Gymnastics (190).      
Lacrosse                            (4988)       
Soccer (1875).                   (10773)
Swim/dive (780).                (3745)
Tennis (2160).                    (2782)
Track indoor (3525).            (10007)
Track outdoor (9555).          (12711)
Wrestling (4575).                 (7499)
Volleyball                             (1775)

Girls 1980-81.                     2024-25

Basketball (6859).                 (5720)
Competitive Spirit.                 (4143)
X country (1530).                  (4150)
Field hockey (1585).              (4757)
Gymnastics (1170).               (991)
Lacrosse                               (3916)
Soccer (1000).                      (8922)
Softball (3575).                     (6743)
Swim/dive (800).                   (4146)
Tennis (1830).                       (3730)
Track indoor (2400).              (7883)
Track outdoor (8975).            (9529)
Volleyball (1312).                  (8545)
Wrestling                              (913)

Nationally - the overall numbers in 1980-81 were Boys 3,503,124 and Girls 1,853,789.  In 2024-25 those were Boys 4,726,648 and Girls 3,539,596.  So still lots of work to do to comply with Title IX.

But obviously in Virginia and everywhere else there are a great deal of opportunities to participate.

The traditional “no cut” sports for boys are: X-country, football, Swim/Dive, Track and Wrestling.  For Girls they are X Country, Swim/Dive, Track (and now also) Wrestling.

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