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Mar 2, 2021 10:00 AM The National Music Council and the National Federation of State High School Associations have tapped several country artists to voice their support for music education and how it s impacted their lives, including Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood . The superstar couple opens the video , with Garth sending a big hello and a big thank you and a big keep it going to the music teachers that are teaching music in schools today during the pandemic.  He cites music as the most powerful sword for communication, adding, Everybody loves music, everybody should, it s within us all. Trisha shares that she has a special place in her heart for teachers, since her late mother was a schoolteacher. We all know how important music is in our lives to keep us sane, especially during this time. So thank you for what you re doing, she added.
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Maine’s high school wrestling season officially canceled
The Maine Principals Association will allow wrestlers to continue conditioning workouts with coaches for the next two weeks, but there will be no competitions.
The Maine Principals’ Association officially canceled the high school wrestling season on Friday.
There had been only a small glimmer of hope that a wrestling season – already delayed on multiple occasions – could be held if the state revised its Community Sport Guidelines and moved wrestling out of the high-risk category for spread of the coronavirus, or did away with the risk categories completely.
High-risk sports, which include tackle football and boxing, can only hold socially distant conditioning practices, without any full contact drills. No competitions are allowed.
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End of religious headwear rule says athletes are more than their uniforms
Why should Muslims need permission to wear a hijab, or anyone for that matter, whatever their religious observance? Bilqis Abdul Qaadir poses in July 2020. Photo courtesy of Haute Hijab
February 22, 2021
(RNS) When she was not allowed to play in her second volleyball game of the season, 14-year-old Najah Aqeel never thought her pushback would knock down nearly every obstacle in her way, like a bowling ball knocking over pin after pin.
Last September, the ninth-grader at Valor College Prep in Nashville, Tennessee, was pulled from the court after an official pointed out that her coach had not provided a waiver for her to play while wearing her hijab, or religious headscarf. When she was told she couldn’t play, Najah started crying. She received support from her family and teammates but still felt hurt. Then she began to push back.