article_snippet: Yet, it struggles to attract and retain girls.
article_snippet: a lot of girls're just scared.
article_snippet: However, enrollment statistics paint a less exuberant portrait.
article_snippet: Such statistics are mirrored nationally.
article_snippet: During the 2013-14 season, there were 50,516 licensed girls in the Under-6 to Under-20 demographic, as compared to 997,511 for boys of the same age.
highlights_snippet: Enrollment statistics remain low with only about 50,000 licensed girls under 20 years of age compared to almost 1 million boys .