1. The article that was read talked about adolescent girl athletes having a higher risk in knee injuries than boys. It states that girls are eight times more likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) than boys. Throughout the study they looked at the reason why this injury affects mature girl athletes. The sports that have maneuvers like jumping and landing, or quick stops and turns are usually involved in the ACL injury cases. Other reasons for girls having a higher risk in ACL injuries are they tend to have larger quadriceps strength without increasing the strength of the hamstrings. This causes an imbalance on movements and increase stress on the ACL. The second reason is girl’s skeletal structure matures earlier during puberty. This makes girls have an upright position and placing stress on the ACL. More information was displayed in the article on the injury, but the conclusion shows girls have a higher risk of an ACL injury in sports due to physical growth and maturation. 2. The research article that we found talked a lot about the same issues as the journal article above. The knee joint is the second most frequently injured body part, falling behind the ankle. The research was done during 2005–2007 school years and 100 US high schools were randomly selected for a sample. Athletic trainers tracked all injuries using an online injury surveillance system. This research followed most injuries and came up with some conclusions and some insights on injuries. It also talks about girls’ soccer and basketball and how they do not involve the same amount of contact as football and wrestling, but the constant stress on the knee joint from accelerating/decelerating, cutting, and landing from a jump in these sports could play as crucial a role in knee injury just like contact with a player or the playing surface. This research concluded that girl