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- New Jersey high school wrestler forced to cut his dreadlocks
- School district says team will avoid events officiated by referee
A New Jersey school district says its wrestling team will no longer compete in events officiated by a referee who told a wrestler to lose his dreadlocks or forfeit his bout.
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Written by Guardian sport and agencies
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/27/high-school-wrestler-dreadlocks-hair-cut under the title “High school to skip events officiated by referee who told wrestler to cut hair”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
