{"id":1861725,"date":"2023-02-27T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1861725"},"modified":"2023-02-27T08:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:04:49","slug":"christian-high-school-withdraws-from-state-tournament-rather-than-compete-against-team-with-trans-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-high-school-withdraws-from-state-tournament-rather-than-compete-against-team-with-trans-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian High School Withdraws From State Tournament Rather Than Compete Against Team With Trans Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristian-high-school-withdraws-from-state-tournament-rather-than-compete-against-team-with-trans-player%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1861725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Vermont&#8217;s girls basketball team pulled out of the playoff tournament because it was refusing to play against a team with a biological male player.<\/p>\n<p>Valley News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vnews.com\/mid-vermont-christian-girls-basketball-withdraws-from-vpa-state-tournament-50054956\">reported<\/a> The No. 12 seed Mid Vermont Christian School girls&#8217; basketball team forfeited against No. 5 seed Long Trail was disqualified by the team for not believing it fair to play against transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players,&#8221; Vicky Fogg, head of school at MVCS, made the statement in a statement. &#8220;Allowing biological males to participate in women&#8217;s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women&#8217;s sports in general.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Thomas, the assistant executive director for Vermont Principals&#8217;Association, confirmed to the local paper that the school had withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have received calls (from schools) asking for best practices and how to go forward knowing they were going to play a team with a transgender female on it,&#8221; Thomas said. &#8220;We just supported our stance and our best practices through our inclusivity statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvcs.info\/about\/mission-statement\/\">launched<\/a> It was founded in September 1987 and its mission is to &#8220;glorify God by preparing students for college and for life through a program of academic excellence established in Biblical truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the school&#8217;s website, despite being small in size, it has a strong sense of community. &#8220;sports teams have excelled wonderfully in the region with many winning seasons&#8221; It is so simple! &#8220;continues to provide an academic program that significantly outperforms its public school counterparts in the state (based on SAT testing).&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A girls high school basketball team in Vermont withdrew from the state\u2019s playoff tournament last Tuesday because it refused to play against a team that had a biological male on its roster. 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