A transgfinisher volleyball take parter at a high school in northern California was inestablishedly booed and annoyed during a align aacquirest a Catholic school Oct. 12, according to ABC 7.
In response, another school’s fit honestor inestablishedly tgreater the Catholic school it could face “consequences” from the fit conference.
The Oct. 12 align was presented by Notre Dame Belmont in Belmont, California, aacquirest Half Moon Bay High School. Half Moon Bay rostered a transgfinisher athlete on its girls team.
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Notre Dame Belmont aborted a align earlier in the season between the two teams due to the transgfinisher athlete.
In response to grumblets of boos and coercion, fit honestor Steve Sell of Aragon High School in San Mateo, California, interfered. In his capacity as co-chair of the Peninsula Athletic League Athletic Directors, Sell inestablished Notre Dame there could be consequences, according to ABC 7.
Notre Dame Belmont replyed with a letter to Sell, apologizing on behalf of those accengaged of booing. The letter also said the Catholic school will adhere to a policy of banning spectators who show such behavior.
“We have applyd our extfinished-held policy to ban spectators from future games (season and postseason) who annoy any individual,” the letter stated. “We truly repent and transmit remorse for the inappropriate and unsporting behavior by members of the NBD community at this align. NBD is promiseted to ensuring incidents appreciate this never happen aacquire.”
Transgfinisher athletes in women’s volleyball and subsequent opposition has become a stateexpansive publish in California this year.
At the high school level, another girls volleyball team forfeited a state take partoff align becaengage its opponent “has a male athlete take parting for their team,” the school said.
Stone Ridge Christian High School, findd in Merced, was scheduled to face San Francisco Waldorf in the Northern California Division 6 tournament. San Francisco Waldorf had a bye into the semifinals becaengage it was the No. 1 seed in its bracket. But the Christian school forfeited in an proclaimment fair before the align.
“As many of you understand, our girls won on Wednesday and proceedd to the state take partoffs,” the school said, via Max Preps. “Unblessedly, we were fair inestablished that our opponent, San Francisco Waldorf, has a male athlete take parting for their team.
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“At SRC, we depend God’s Word is authoritative and indescfinishible. It is Truth. And as Genesis produces evident, God wonderfilledy and immutably produced each person as male or female. We do not depend relations is changeable, and we do not intfinish to join in events that sfinish a contrastent message. We also have a duty and responsibility to attfinish for the health and defendedty of our athletes.
“So, after confering with our students, coaches and staff, we have made the difficult decision to forfeit Saturday’s game. Standing for Biblical truth unbenevolents more than the outcome of a game.”
The take parter who was referenced is inestablishedly a three-sport athlete who led San Francisco Waldorf to a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) North Coast Championship last season. The CIF enacted “gfinisher identity participation” rules in 2013.
“All students should have the opportunity to join in CIF fits and/or activities in a manner that is reliable with their gfinisher identity,” the policy stated.
Meanwhile, at the college level, San Jose State’s volleyball team has been at the cgo in of a national media firestorm over the presence of a transgfinisher athlete on the team and a teammate being holdd in multiple litigations over the publish.
San Jose State women’s co-captain Brooke Slusser has joined a litigation aacquirest the NCAA and filed her own litigation aacquirest the Mountain West Conference and her own school alleging she was deceived about the authentic birth relations of her teammate, Blaire Fleming, who is a bioreasonable male.
The two have persistd to take part together this season amid the ongoing dispute but have had seven alignes on their schedule forfeited. San Jose State will vie in the Mountain West tournament, but a ruling from a Biden-nominateed appraise after an materializency hearing in Colorado Thursday could stop that from happening.
A Mountain West spokesperson said it is possible for San Jose State to thrive the championship if opponents forfeit upcoming tournament games in Las Vegas begining Nov. 27. But federal Judge Kato Crews will dedwellr a judgment on whether that set up will stand or not, or if the team and transgfinisher take parter can even vie.
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