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OHSAA details sanctions against 13 schools
Memo to area bowlers, middle school basketball players, junior varsity hoopsters, softball players, wrestlers and transfers: The Ohio High School Athletic Association has its eye on you.
Thirteen players/teams from middle schools and high schools were hit up with OHSAA violations during the recently completed winter sports seasons, including Wayne H.S. Those infractions were detailed by the OHSAA in its recent meeting on Thursday, March 1.
Penalties ranged from team win forfeitures to player ineligibility. The infractions varied, but a recurring theme among the violators was participating in a non-OHSAA event or league while also being on a school team.
The OHSAA didn’t reveal how the 13 incidents were initially brought to its attention.
The following is a summary of the schools and violations the OHSAA released in its minutes of that meeting:
1. Akron North High School: Boys varsity basketball team had a student-athlete violate Bylaw 4-3-3, Eight Semesters, and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit four victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
2. Leesburg-Fairfield Middle School: Boys eighth-grade basketball team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulation 4.3, Non-Interscholastic Competition, when he participated in non-interscholastic basketball competition while a member of the school team. In accordance with the Sports Regulation 4.12.1, Penalties, the student was declared ineligible for the school’s next four contests (any contests not served this year will carry over to the 2010-11 season) and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit all victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
3. North Royalton Middle School: Boys seventh-grade basketball team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulation 4.5, Participation in Non-Interscholastic Program, when he participated in a non-interscholastic basketball program while a member of the school team. In accordance with the Sports Regulation 4.12.1, Penalties, the student was declared ineligible for the remainder of the season and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit all victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
4. Elyria Catholic H.S.: Girls varsity bowling team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulation 4.4, Participation in Non-Interscholastic Program, when she participated in a non-interscholastic bowling competition while a member of the school team. In accordance with the Sports Regulation 4.12.1, Penalties, the student was declared ineligible for OHSAA district tournament competition and the first regular season contest of the 2010-11 season.
5. Youngstown Boardman H.S.: Girls varsity softball coach violated Sports Regulation 5.11 when he utilized varsity squad members for demonstration purposes (grades 4-8 clinic) without advance approval from the OHSAA office. The coach and school were reprimanded for this violation.
6. South Webster H.S.: Girls varsity basketball team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulation 4.3, Non-Interscholastic Competition, when she participated in non-interscholastic basketball competition while a member of the school team. In accordance with the Sports Regulation 4.12.1, Penalties, the student was declared ineligible for the school’s next two contests.
7. Piketon H.S.: Boys varsity basketball team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulation 4.3, Non-Interscholastic Competition, when he participated in non-interscholastic basketball competition while a member of the school team. In accordance with the Sports Regulation 4.12.1, Penalties, the student was declared ineligible for the school’s next two contests (any contests not served this year will carry over to the 2010-11 season) and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit six victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
8. Cincinnati McNicholas H.S.: Boys junior varsity basketball team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulation 4.3, Non-Interscholastic Competition, when he participated in non-interscholastic basketball competition while a member of the school team. In accordance with the Sports Regulation 4.12.1, Penalties, the student was declared ineligible for the school’s first two contests of the 2010-11 season and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit six victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
9. Pickerington North H.S.: Varsity wrestling team had a student-athlete violate Bylaw 4-8-1, Students From Foreign Countries and Exchange Students, and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit two contests in which the ineligible student participated.
10. Willoughby South H.S.: Boys varsity bowling team had a student-athlete violate Sports Regulations 4.4, Non-Interscholastic Competition, when he participated in non-interscholastic bowling competition while a member of the school team. In accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit all victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
11. Barnesville H.S.: Boys varsity basketball team had a student-athlete violate Bylaw 4-4-1, Scholarship, and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit six victorious contests in which the ineligible student participated.
12. Wayne H.S.: Boys varsity basketball team had two student-athletes violate Bylaw 4-7-2, Transfer, because they did not meet any of the exceptions to the bylaw. The two students were ruled ineligible for the remainder of the basketball season. In accordance with the exception to Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school was permitted to continue playing in the OHSAA tournament since the students’ eligibility was established by false information that was provided to the school.
13. South Euclid Regina H.S.: Girls varsity basketball team had a student-athlete violate Bylaw 4-8-1, Students from Foreign Countries, because she did not meet any of the exceptions to the bylaw, and the school violated Bylaw 3-1-1, Administrative Responsibility (lack of monitoring of the school’s compliance with OHSAA bylaws and sports regulations). In accordance with Bylaw 10-2-1, Forfeitures, the school must forfeit any victorious contests in which an ineligible student-athlete participated and, in accordance with Bylaw 10-2-3, Forfeitures, the school was disqualified from the OHSAA girls basketball tournament (and the last team defeated may take its place) for using an ineligible student-athlete during an OHSAA-sponsored tournament.
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By spellchecker
April 2, 2010 8:00 PM | Link to this
And, in an unrelated note, the DDN again failed to proofread their headline … sadly, no “sactions” (sic) were applied …
By Mike
April 2, 2010 10:46 PM | Link to this
It doesn’t seem quite fair that basketball teams have to forfeit all of their wins if one of their players played in a single church league game but Wayne has two ineligible players for an entire season and they don’t have to forfeit any. It just seems like a double standard
By X
April 3, 2010 4:15 AM | Link to this
Buy hey, private schools can still recruit athletes…great system there OHSAA!
By cheaters never win
April 3, 2010 11:14 AM | Link to this
I thought that athletic directors, coaches and players were to uphold sportsmanship and fair play. Boy was I wrong.
By Wayne HS Runnin' Cheaters
April 3, 2010 5:29 PM | Link to this
Wayne High School was caught cheating AGAIN? I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you! LOL Typical Dayton public school behavior. No morals, no ethics. Hope the OHSAA keeps close tabs on Wayne H.S. for years to come.
By hey SPELLCHECKER
April 4, 2010 1:14 AM | Link to this
uh….. sanctions was spelled right. good attempt on trying to sound smart moron
By HuskerBuckeye
April 4, 2010 11:04 AM | Link to this
Cheaters: Wayne is in a separate school district and not part of the Dayton public schools. Get it right before commenting.
By spellchecker
April 4, 2010 12:10 PM | Link to this
Dear hey SPELLCHECKER, Actually, if you had read the article as it was first posted, they did in fact spell “sanctions” as “sactions.” But thanks for calling me the moron. And, excellent use of capitalization and punctuation.
By T800
April 9, 2010 10:20 AM | Link to this
People keep talking about Wayne, but I am pretty sure there was an article that said they called OHSAA before the players played and they gave them the ok. I think that was the same case with Jefferson.
By D.D. diabetes diet
October 24, 2010 1:07 AM | Link to this
This is the kind of thing I try to teach people. Can I expect a sequel?