St Anthony's forfeits 2017 season due to ineligible player
So much for the Catholic ethics! What a disgrace! Coach should be fired. Brought shame on the school and lacrosse program.
Supposedly, player was playing in his fifth year of varsity lacrosse - 9th in public, 10 @ St A's, repeated 10th @ St A's, 11th @ St A's, and 12 @ St A's. Not sure how that wasn't obvious to St A's before 5/13 of this year - his first year there was 10th grade. You might be able to explain the oversight if he started St A's 9th grade!
Player was not playing his 5th year of varsity lacrosse. Player went to St Anthony's as a 9th grader, played lax on the Freshman Team, went on to 10th grade played lax on JV Team, Repeated 10th grade and played lax on JV Team again as a 10 th grader , went on to Varsity in 11th, and 12th grade. The entire issue is that he played 5 yrs..of High School Lax(Not Varsity) as a 5 Year high school student, can not do that. In NY State you are considered a high school student in 9th grade. When he re-classed and held back in 10th grade he would have had to sit out his second 10th grade season or his senior year. In this instance because he played both of his 10th grade years and also played his senior year that added up to 5 yrs. of lax as a 5 year high school student. Not that its common, but obviously a rule parents should be aware of.
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