sit out one year while she received hormone therapy treatment toward transition. Ultimately, Taghert was granted permission and played on the girls’ soccer team her senior year in 2019. In March 2021, Missouri House Bill 1045, sponsored by Representative Chuck Bayse of Boone County, was debated in a House committee meeting. The bill requests a statewide ballot that would change the constitution. Bayse’s motivation was fueled by concerns of transgender athletes dominating girls’ sports. The bill would allow cisgender females to play either girls’ or boys’ sports but would only allow cisgender males to play boys’ sports even if they were receiving hormone therapy. If the Republican-led Congress approves the bill, the proposed amendment vote would appear on the 2022 ballots. A similar resolution, Senate Resolution 50, was previously sponsored by Senator Cindy O’Laughlin. She argued that MSHSAA “made the decision to insert themselves into the current ideological culture war” by asking which gender students identified as on a physical evaluation form. Likewise, House Joint Resolution 82, presented by Representative Robert Ross would require student athletes to compete in birth-assigned roles. In the end, none of the measures banning trans participation in high school sports were enacted. Competitive cheerleading was removed from the list of sponsored sports in 2006 after the dramatic fall and injury of a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale cheerleader, and MSHSAA now recognizes cheerleading as only a "sideline activity." Broadcasting MSHSAA did not reach an agreement with Fox Sports Midwest to televise the 2015 state football championships. MSHSAA stated that Fox wanted money which they could not afford. However, Fox stated that the association went in a "different direction" with its media rights. The 2015 state championship games were available via a paid streaming service sponsored by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Activities Sports American football (11-man and 8-man) Baseball Basketball (girls and boys) Cross-country (girls and boys) Golf (girls and boys) Soccer (girls and boys) Softball (girls) Swimming and diving (girls and boys) Tennis (girls and boys) Track and field (girls and boys) Volleyball (girls) Wrestling (girls and boys) Activities Music Scholar bowl Speech, debate and theatre Spirit Activities (cheer and dance) Emerging sports and activities Emerging sports and activities are in their first year of inclusion or do not have 50 schools registered. Additionally, they have fewer restrictions and more flexibility; however, they also receive limited services through MSHSAA since they are not