Thank you. That makes sense. I didn’t see it until recently.I believe Ridge only played 3 Freshman games. They had a JV team, then put Freshman together for 3 games. A lot of the freshman didn’t see action during the JV games
I believe Ridge only played 3 Freshman games. They had a JV team, then put Freshman together for 3 games. A lot of the freshman didn’t see action during the JV gamesTodd - How many local teams field a freshman team?
I wasn't even aware that Mountain Ridge did until it popped up on NFHS.
Todd - How many local teams field a freshman team?When FH took a head count last winter of this year's 9th and 10th graders, there were roughly 52 kids signed up. You can only play 11 at a time, which meant you would need like a 4th and 5th string. That doesn't offer much playing time for everyone if at all. Splitting into a frosh team was the only way to help get kids on the field consistently. I think they ended up with aprox 38 players combined even after moving up 10 to varsity. They took their win/loss lumps on JV but I think they got an "A" for developing players through lengthy game experience. All of their losses were one or two score games outside of maybe two of them.
The Hollidaysburg JV QB threw for over 350 yards on them. That Hollidaysburg JV team was really good offensively. The Golden Tigers are going to be solid the next few seasons.
I think all parties (BoE and school) should be responsible for reasonably (to be defined) verifying residency. This will create a backup to prevent this from falling through the cracks. And, you can't say it's going to be a massive amount of work because how many out of district/state students are there really?One last question. I didn't see in the article any corrective action to prevent repeat occurrences. What should a county high school coach do if a new student athlete shows up at their school. Suppose a family moves to area from say South Dakota. How do we fully trust said athlete is eligible.
It could fall upon any school the way things are at the moment.One last question. I didn't see in the article any corrective action to prevent repeat occurrences. What should a county high school coach do if a new student athlete shows up at their school. Suppose a family moves to area from say South Dakota. How do we fully trust said athlete is eligible.
When FH took a head count last winter of this year's 9th and 10th graders, there were roughly 52 kids signed up. You can only play 11 at a time, which meant you would need like a 4th and 5th string. That doesn't offer much playing time for everyone if at all. Splitting into a frosh team was the only way to help get kids on the field consistently. I think they ended up with aprox 38 players combined even after moving up 10 to varsity. They took their win/loss lumps on JV but I think they got an "A" for developing players through lengthy game experience. All of their losses were one or two score games outside of maybe two of them.You're much better keeping them together as a team than moving them up to fill the JV roster.
Never understood the mentality of moving up freshman just fill a hole in the JV team. Is he ready talent and size-wise? If so, move him up. If not, leave him with the freshmen.
This is an excellent point. The only people who officially knew the player was ineligible was the family. You can say "yeah, but people knew he lived in WV". ..so? You CAN live in another state and go to a MD school. You pay $$ for it, but it can be done. So having common knowledge of one thing doesn't mean you know everything about that thing. The bottom line is, this kid was cleared to play by whomever job it was to clear him. He was not ineligible, he became ineligible once it was reported.I found it interesting that the article stated that the BOE/ACPS just accepted paperwork without investigating. You would think that under the circumstances that everyone knew, that the BOE/ACPS would have dug a little deeper. I still have problem with when actually did FH use an ineligible player. Said player was in an eligible status when he was on the field. Once he was put in ineligible status, he never saw the field again. I am a firm believer in INELIGIBLE is INELIGIBLE no questions asked. While also being a firm believer that Eligible is Eligible until proven Ineligible by the proper sources, provided proper sources gave the original eligibility status. My single question is if everyone did everything exactly by the book, (according to the article) then why would there be any punishment involved for any party. Just my opinion.
You're much better keeping them together as a team than moving them up to fill the JV roster.FH frosh beat Mtn Ridge tonight 32-12. Finished the season undefeated. FH didnt move any 9th graders up this season.
The JV finished 2-7. Ten soph starters got moved to varsity. No 9th graders moved up. Couldn't if they wanted to have a frosh team with numbers. Coaches knew the JV situation back in the summer. Kids that normally don't see the field never came off the field. That was the idea.
Oh yeah. It’s up to the coaches to go to the players house at 10 PM each night and make sure they actually live there. 🤣. I’m just kidding with you. If Fort Hill would have had number 88 against Alco, I think they would have won by 39 points🤡🤡"Don't let someone catch us cheating,or you'll really piss us off."
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