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A transgender West Virginia high schooler competing on a girls\u2019 track team won the state championship this weekend before the Supreme Court announces its ruling on a state law that would bar biological boys from female sports.<\/p>\n

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Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old sophomore at Bridgeport High School and the only known openly transgender sports competitor in West Virginia, bested the competition during Saturday\u2019s meet. <\/p>\n

The sophomore won first place in the girls\u2019 Class AAA state title with a personal best of 38 feet, 11.75 inches in shot put. The second-place winner came in just under two feet shorter at 36 feet, 11 inches.<\/p>\n

The teen, though, is a biological male who transitioned in the third grade before going through puberty.<\/p>\n

The next time Pepper-Jackson steps onto the pitch, it may be alongside an all-male team.<\/p>\n

West Virginia\u2019s controversial \u201cSave Women\u2019s Sports Act\u201d went into effect in 2021, effectively banning Becky and all other transgender girls from girls\u2019 sports from middle school through college.<\/p>\n

Pepper-Jackson\u2019s mother sued over the law, sending it to the lower courts for debate.<\/p>\n

Initially, a district judge upheld it, but upon appeal, the 4th Circuit reversed it. Becky\u2019s attorneys at the ACLU delivered oral\u00a0arguments to the Supreme Court\u00a0justices in January, but a final ruling isn\u2019t expected until June.<\/p>\n

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Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Suzanne Beecher, a member of the legal defense against the Pepper-Jackson lawsuit, told Fox News Digital that the star athlete\u2019s victories could actually work in the state\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe developments from the state meet from this past weekend just underscore the fact that no amount of testosterone suppression or intervention can undo the very real differences that males have over women,\u201d Beecher said.<\/p>\n

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West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey also cited Pepper-Jackson\u2019s state championship in a Tuesday letter to the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a high school sophomore, Pepper-Jackson is not finishing \u2018near the back of the pack \u2026\u2019 but is instead defeating every\u2014 or nearly every \u2014 female in the state in these events. I would appreciate it if you could circulate this message to the members of the court,\u201d McCuskey wrote.<\/p>\n

The ACLU has argued that skipping male puberty nullified the supposed biological advantage Becky would otherwise have over female athletes.<\/p>\n

The same day that the Supreme Court heard the ACLU\u2019s arguments, justices\u00a0indicated that they would uphold the ban.<\/p>\n

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