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CYPRESS
Mack Beggs came here to wrestle. And wrestle he did, manhandling four opponents over two days as he captured a Class 6A girls state championship Saturday.
The 110-pound gold medalist also captured something else: The attention of a nation increasingly polarized by transgender issues.
Beggs, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Euless Trinity High School, didn’t come to the state tournament seeking to carry the transgender torch, or to become a lightning rod, or to be the target of a lawsuit that could end his high school wrestling career.
But those subplots all played out during the two-day UIL Wrestling State Tournament at the Berry Center in Cypress, where Beggs defeated Chelsea Sanchez of Katy Morton Ranch 12-1 to win the championship.
His victory was greeted with a smattering of boos, but those were quickly drowned out by an outburst of cheering, which grew louder when Trinity coach Travis Clark put the gold medal around Beggs’ neck.
“I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my teammates. That’s honestly what the spotlight should have been ... my teammates,” said Beggs, who led the Trinity girls to a second-place finish in the team standings.
“The hard work that I put in in the practice room with them beside me — we trained hard every single day. ... That’s where the spotlight should have been on. Not me. All of these guys. Because I would not be here without them. Hard work ethic pays off.”
Then, lifting his gold medal, he said, “Just saying.”
Beggs was born a girl, yet from as early as 3 years old, his parents remember, he has considered himself a boy. Now more than a year after starting testosterone treatment that is transforming his physical appearance and increasing muscle mass to that of or near a boy of similar age, Beggs is required by the University Interscholastic League to compete as a girl and against girls.
He would prefer to wrestle boys, but lacking that option, he follows the rules set by the UIL, the state’s governing body for public school sports.
“This is about Mack wanting to do what Mack wants to do,” said Marco Karam, Beggs’ father. “Mack has a very strong passion about wrestling. People make assumptions that ... and I don’t want to get into it.”
Grandmother Nancy Beggs said she was proud of both her grandson and the school he represents.
“Mack handled it (the pressure) great, better than I could handle it. Mack’s a great kid and you’ll be hearing from him, I promise,” Nancy Beggs said. “He’s a trooper and he said he’ll change the world. I think he will — at least the wrestling world.”. Read More:
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