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March 9, 2021 Sports 11 Keeping Up with the Football Team and COVID-19 Spectating Guidelines [continued from page 10] Spectating Unlike games pre-COVID, there has been a cap of “200 total individuals in a [school] facility during a competition,” as reported by the BSD Plan for Spectators for Fall Season Sports this year. Though the division of this number may vary depending on the sport, for football, the roster of coaching staff, athletes, cheerleaders, drill team members, athletic trainers, and statisticians may not exceed 90 for one team. If both teams fill up their allowed roster, only 20 total spots remain which may very likely be filled by even personnel such as officials and announcers. However, should there be Image by Shine Crazy. The football team practices a play using trash bins as opponents. remaining spots, they are to be filled and drill). While in the past students football team through installed the site at nfhsnetwork.com, you can with parents only, and priority is have made up most of the crowd, it live cameras, though it is not free. subscribe to Newport’s program at a given to the senior parents, then seems that will not be the case this The livestreams plan on using the fee of $10.99 per month to access the junior parents, then sophomore year. National Federation of State High streams for not just football but all parents, and finally freshman parents That being said, there is still an Schools (NFHS) Network to pass the other sports in school facilities (gyms of the home team (football, cheer, option to cheer on our Newport video footage to viewers. If you view and stadiums). 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Lately, he has been He first played the sport as a playing during twilight pastime with his friends, becoming in the late afternoon more passionate about it when he and early evenings, to and his brother teamed up against which he described the his dad and his uncle and competed course as “beautiful and for fun. When asked about where he relatively quiet.” Mr. frequently golfs now, he said that Nimmo noted that his he “actually enjoys playing golf on favourite aspect of golf is that it takes place in a fantastic outdoor “Golf requires environment, and unlike other sports, you can patience, compete against yourself as well as friends and perseverance, family on the course. Image from Mr. Nimmo. Mr. Nimmo (front left) coaches last year’s Boy’s Golf team at the Many sports have seen Newcastle Golf Course. character, a massive shutdown since COVID hit, but golf has participating and learning the sport which wrote that in exploring the and surprisingly benefited from it. As it since it is really the ‘only game in experiences of individuals with integrity.” is one of the only outdoor activities town’” mental health problems or substance where spacing can conveniently As to the common belief that golf use when introduced to systematic occur, golf has been open for the is “boring,” Mr. Nimmo said that golf golf activities, “the findings revealed any course” and that he “tends to majority of this pandemic. The actually teaches the player quite a few a positive influence on health and play most frequently on the local, National Golf Foundation reported important life skills. He explained social well-being in addition to nearby courses that allow [him] to that, since June, there have been that “golf requires patience, positive changes in daily activities.” conveniently go out and play a quick over 50 million incremental rounds perseverance, character, and integrity For those who have an interest in of golf played. The and teaches you that you will hit bad starting to golf, Mr. Nimmo urges only other year that shots or play bad rounds in golf and people to give it a try. “Don’t take it Image from Mr. Nimmo. Mr. Nimmo and his has reportedly seen life, but you get to do it all wife take a selfie atop the Newcastle Golf over again with the next Course. such a rise in interest is in 1997, when Tiger shot ahead and the sun “You will be Woods became a coming up the next day massive sensation. for another round.” The remembered more for As another most important quality testament to the that the sport teaches, he the character you show sport’s growth within said, is integrity, as golf the past year, the golf “teaches you that you will on the course and the equipment industry be remembered more for also saw a surge in the character you show on attitude you bring to terms of sales, hitting the course and the attitude an all time high of you bring to the game the game rather than $388.6 million back rather than your number your number on the in July. The sport on the scorecard.” also saw a boost in Golf is a special game, scorecard.” viewership with the especially now, because first round of the 2020 it allows you to take the PGA Championship time to build tenacity and receiving an average extreme patience all while being too seriously at first and realize early of 1,246,000 viewers, safely socially distanced and having on the joys of the game,” he said. solidly putting it at the fun. The sport is also startlingly “Think of the beautiful environment, event’s most viewed good for your mental health. The the lessons you can learn, and the first round since 2015. publication National Club Golfer fact that you are spending time with On a local playing shared that the sport “reduces yourself or family and friends while scale, Mr. Nimmo anxiety and dampens the effects of playing a fun and competitive sport noted that he has seen depression.” This is corroborated you can participate in for the rest of “people of all levels by a published medical study from your life.” the National Library of Medicine, March 9, 2021 Sports 13 Ishika Devgan: Kickboxing JAIME CHEN Editor Since the 6th grade, Ishika Devgan (11) to watch a lot of people has found herself engulfed with a unique mixed do some pretty crazy martial art: kickboxing. We often think karate stuff.” or taekwondo when we hear of martial arts, but “The atmosphere’s Currently, Devgan kickboxing is just as technical and complex. really hectic, and trains about twelve hours The first form of kickboxing emerged in the a week. In the past, she late 1950s in Japan, according to Wikipedia, there’s a bunch of, had bounced between followed by American kickboxing in the 1970s. many gyms, especially In 1974, kickboxing was brought into the light like, electricity in the boxing ones in at the Professional Karate Association’s first Seattle, but with COVID World Championships, making this sport a rather the air.” restrictions, she has recently added division to martial arts. had to move a lot of her Like all martial arts, kickboxing is very useful activity back home. Now, for self-defense, being the reason that Devgan took has been extremely helpful and motivating, and training and competing up the sport. There she describes it to be “supportive” and “a really in this contact sport are also many good community.” Though kickboxing is an are “a lot harder,” said substyles independent sport, she also has friends in Devgan. to the the tough sport that make it much more Devgan is the CEO endurable. She also credits her first of the Youth Education kickboxing teacher with hooking Initiative where she her into the sport. “She really actively works to helped encourage me and advocate for educational helped me out when I was equality, whether just getting started,” said through legislation or Devgan. working directly with Since her entrance to politicians. So, it is the world of kickboxing, not a surprise that she Devgan has progressed also loves to share her far. When asked what passion of kickboxing her greatest achievement with others through was, she shared that she teaching kickboxing went to Worlds for her age lessons. However, division two years ago in similar to her training 2019. Though Worlds was restrictions, she has not cancelled last year due to the been able to teach classes recently. Pre-COVID, pandemic, Devgan was able she enjoyed teaching the junior group of ten- to to experience an international thirteen-year-olds as well as the occasional dip into competition in South Africa.