Male Wrestler Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Opponent During Girls Wrestling Match Is Set To Compete In Washington State Championships

By Reduxx Team

A young female athlete in Washington says she was unknowingly matched against a biological male in a girls wrestling competition. Kallie Keeler says that her opponent, who has now qualified for the state championships, had sexually assaulted her during the course of the match.

Keeler, a 16-year-old sophomore at Rogers High School in Puyallup, spoke to unDivided about the incident, which took place during the Lady Jag Kickoff Tournament on December 6, 2025. Video taken by Keeler’s mother captured the match, in which the girl looks to be at an immediate physical disadvantage against her opponent, who was representing Emerald Ridge High School.

Disturbingly, the video shows Keeler’s face quickly twisting into an expression of panic and confusion. At one point, Keeler is visibly attempting to communicate something to her mother, who couldn’t initially understand her. Keeler later clarified that she had been saying: “Her fingers are in my (vagina).”

Terrified and overwhelmed, Keeler decided to let her opponent win to put a quick end to the bout.

“I just wanted the match to be over,” the teen told unDivided‘s Brandi Kruse. She went on to explain that following the match, a coach from another school approached her and told her she had been wrestling a biological male.

Two days after the match, Keeler’s parents emailed coaches at Rogers High School demanding information about how the incident would be addressed.

“This is a huge issue and something that is 100% not OK,” Keeler’s mother wrote, furious at the revelations. She added that she was particularly upset because the opponent had been “a biological male who identifies as female,” asking, “Where do we go from here?”

That same day, the coach replied to the Keeler family, indicating that she was taking the concerns seriously.

“I most certainly would not put Kallie on the mat if I thought she was competing with a male,” the coach wrote. “I will investigate this and look to see if we have a video on our end. I will touch base with you either this afternoon or tomorrow morning after I do my due diligence.”

According to the family, they did not receive any further follow-up.

On January 30, one day after being contacted by unDivided for comment, the school reported Keeler’s allegations to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office — nearly two months after district employees would have been required to do so under Washington’s mandatory reporter law.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to unDivided that it has opened a criminal investigation.

According to Sheriff’s Deputy Carly Cappeltto, a school resource officer was contacted by the school to investigate a reported sexual assault that allegedly occurred during a wrestling match.

“The School Resource Officer informed me he was called by the school to investigate a report of sexual assault at a wrestling match,” Cappeltto said in an email. “This incident allegedly happened during the match between the victim and a transgender student the victim was wrestling at the time. Last week, the School Resource Officer reviewed a video of the match, and he will be following up with the victim this week for further information. This is being investigated and is still active.”

While unDivided did not name Keeler’s male opponent, Reduxx can identify him as Taufa’ase’e Tei, also known as Trixie Tei. 

Tei is relatively new to girls wrestling, and has only participated in five total wrestling events in his school athletic career. The December 6 Lady Jags tournament was his very first, according to FloSports. During that tournament, he competed in five matches and won four of them.

At the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association District 3 Girls 4A South Puget Sound League on February 6, Tei secured a place in the state championships, which is set to take place on February 19 and 20 at the Tacoma Dome.

Trixie Tei (third from left). Photo Source: SWAY WRESTLING/INSTAGRAM

While Tei has largely scrubbed his social media presence, screenshots from his Instagram were captured in January.

In one post, Tei wrote: “As a trans girl, I matter because my identity is real, even when the world tries to tell me it isn’t. When people are against me, it hurts deeply because all I want is to live honestly and be seen as who I truly am. I feel scared sometimes walking into spaces where I don’t know if I’ll be accepted or judged, but I also feel strong for continuing to be myself anyway.”

He continued: “It’s exhausting to constantly defend my existence, especially when I didn’t choose to be different—I chose to be honest. I deserve respect, safety, and love just like any other girl. Even when the world feels harsh, my life still has value, and my voice still deserves to be heard.”

Trixie Tei. Photo Source: INSTGRAM

Speaking to Reduxx, Marshi Smith of the Independent Council On Women’s Sports (ICONS) expressed outrage at Tei’s participation in girls wrestling.

“Combat sports are inherently dangerous, and girls cannot unknowingly be placed in full-contact competition against teenage boys,” Smith said. “Forcing girls into intimate, body-to-body encounters with boys in front of cheering spectators is a humiliating and deeply disturbing failure to protect their safety, dignity, and privacy. This applies both on the mat and in locker rooms.”

Smith went on to condemn the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), which maintains a policy explicitly allowing students to participate in interscholastic athletics consistent with their gender identity, regardless of the sex listed on their birth certificate. According to the 2025-2026 Rules and Policies Guidebook, the WIAA has no requirement for medical treatment or legal documentation to be eligible.

“In this shocking spectacle, Washington policy has allowed a girl to be publicly raped during a wrestling match. The harm to girls in sports is escalating nationwide, and policies that sacrifice girls while leaders refuse accountability are indefensible.”

ICONS isn’t alone in raising concerns about males competing in women’s wrestling. The issue has also been documented for years by HeCheated, an independent platform that tracks male participation in female sports.

HeCheated maintains a public, searchable database recording wins, records, and awards claimed by male athletes competing against women. In a statement to Reduxx, the group reports that across documented combat sport matches, males have secured more than 200 victories over female opponents, compared to just 96 losses.

The site’s extensive archive is intended to demonstrate measurable male performance advantages — a disparity HeCheated says is especially alarming in combat sports.

“Male advantage is especially evident in combat sports such as wrestling, boxing, and taekwondo where male athletes are directly pitting their speed and strength against female athletes of similar sizes,” adding: “In the case of Kallie Keeler, she is just the latest addition to a growing list of young women who were unknowingly forced to fight a male opponent. Such an experience can have lasting impact on a young female athlete’s confidence and trust that she will be protected in her sport.”

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