APPEALING. New York state is considering appealing a federal court decision allowing a 4-foot-11 girl to try out for boys’ junior varsity football, a ruling that could open up football to girls at 512 New York high schools. The ruling has set aside state regulations and brought a flood of phone calls from around the state into the office of Jacqueline Lantz’s attorney. Lantz, a junior at Yonkers’ ...



