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Rooster · 01-23-2009, 08:41 AM

Bad sportsmanship or laying the wood down??

Girls Basketball Team Wins 100-0, Seeks Forfeit
Friday, January 23, 2009

DALLAS — A Texas high school girls basketball team on the winning end of a 100-0 game has a case of blowout remorse.

Now officials from the winning school say they are trying to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory.

In a statement Thursday on The Covenant School's Web site, the head of school said, "It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened." He went on to say that Covenant has made "a formal request to forfeit the game recognizing that a victory without honor is a great loss."

Last week Covenant, a private Christian school in Dallas, defeated Dallas Academy 100-0. Covenant was up 59-0 at halftime.

A parent who attended the game told The Associated Press that Covenant continued to make 3-pointers — even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points.

"I think the bad judgment was in the full-court press and the 3-point shots," said Renee Peloza, whose daughter plays for Dallas Academy. "At some point, they should have backed off."
Dallas Academy coach Jeremy Civello told The Dallas Morning News that the game turned into a "layup drill," with the opposing team's guards waiting to steal the ball and drive to the basket. Covenant scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and "finally eased up when they got to 100 with about four minutes left," he said.

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with "learning differences," such as short attention spans or dyslexia.

There is no mercy rule in girls basketball that shortens the game or permits the clock to continue running when scores become lopsided. There is, however, "a golden rule" that should have applied in this contest, said Edd Burleson, the director of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. Both schools are members of this association, which oversees private school athletics in Texas.

"On a personal note, I told the coach of the losing team how much I admire their girls for continuing to compete against all odds," Burleson said. "They showed much more character than the coach that allowed that score to get out of hand. It's up to the coach to control the outcome."

Covenant coach Micah Grimes and head of school Kyle Queal did not immediately respond to messages left by The Associated Press on Thursday.

In the statement on the Covenant Web site, Queal said the game "does not reflect a Christ-like and honorable approach to competition. We humbly apologize for our actions and seek the forgiveness of Dallas Academy, TAPPS and our community."

Queal said school officials met with Dallas Academy officials to apologize and praised "each member of the Dallas Academy Varsity Girls Basketball team for their strength, composure and fortitude in a game in which they clearly emerged the winner." Civello said he appreciated the gesture and has accepted the apology "with no ill feelings."

At a shootaround Thursday, several Dallas Academy players said they were frustrated during the game but felt it was a learning opportunity. They also said they are excited about some of the attention they are receiving from the loss, including an invitation from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to see an NBA game from his suite.

"Even if you are losing, you might as well keep playing," said Shelby Hyatt, a freshman on the team. "Keep trying, and it's going to be OK."

Peloza said the coach and other parents praised the Dallas Academy girls afterward for limiting Covenant to 12 points in the fourth quarter. She added that neither her daughter nor her teammates seemed to dwell on the loss.

"Somewhere during that game they got caught up in the moment," Peloza said of the Covenant players, fans and coaches. "Our girls just moved on. That's the happy part of the story."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481854,00.html

**BigRichard** · 01-23-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Otter

Oh look, the press found a convenient villain who we can lash out at with no consequence and who may actually pay a price for a stupid but overall harmless mistake which we know only exactly what the people reporting the story decide to tell us. And who is more deserving of our discerning compassion than the learning challenged who were beaten in basketball game.

Never mind that homeless person you passed on the way to work today who may have fought a war for your freedom. Or the families going homeless because greedy bankers found a way to make money off defaulted loans while our government bails them out with our tax money - or the millions of other real atrocities.

Break out the pitchforks and torches fellow townsfolk and get ready to storm the village, we have found our witch.

Chill dude,

Just because there are much worse things doesn't mean we can't talk about the other smaller douchbag stories.

Sully · 01-23-2009, 02:19 PM

This is where sports can be bad.
The Dallas school is terrible, has been terrible, and always will be terrible. but you know what? Those girls get to put on a uniform and play two games a week. Many times that is good enough.
The Covenant team showed poor form in this score runup. They didn't get better doing it. They didn't learn anything from it. They simply got to be bullies for an evening.

A guy at my high school, who was a state caliber wrestler, set the school pin record (in time). It was against a girl who was wrestling in her first match. Do you think he is proud of that?

I'd much prefer to look back on my athletic career and be one of the girls who carried the opposing hitter around the bases last year (when she hit the HR, but got hurt...and her own teamates couldn't touch her, by rule), than any girl on this team.

Sports should be about getting better. High school sports should be about getting better, but also learning. No one in that winning lockerrroom learned a thing about sportsmanship.

jspchief · 01-23-2009, 02:26 PM

The more I think about this, the more baffled I am that not a single player, asst. coach or parent had the class to tell the HC to cool it.

It's almost too cliche to be a hollywood script... the rich private religious school beating up on the school for problem kids.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 01-23-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

The more I think about this, the more baffled I am that not a single player, asst. coach or parent had the class to tell the HC to cool it.

It's almost too cliche to be a hollywood script... the rich private religious school beating up on the school for problem kids.

Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Denzel Washington.

And Tugg Speedman...

Frazod · 01-23-2009, 02:55 PM

I think the biggest problem is that nobody involved acknowledges the basic fact that this tiny little school simply does not have enough bodies to field a competitive team. Period. Why does nobody get this? They have a 40% participation rate (8 out of 20) and still can't win a game, ever. Why roll these poor kids out as cannon fodder every game? It's just not right.

I'll bet continuing this disgrace has more to do with adults justifying their salaries than anything else.

**gblowfish** · 01-23-2009, 04:10 PM

Who Would Jesus Destroy?

Valiant · 01-23-2009, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

Pussification of America continues.
How about they practice and get better and try to get a win and learn from getting their asses kicked?

I agree to a point only if it is a hated rival school..

But after being up 50-0 I would call the dogs off..

Valiant · 01-23-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

So the winning team continued its full court press and bombing 3 pointers for the entire game while playing with an insurmountable lead against a bunch of "learning differences" challenged students.

Great. My suggested punishment would be for the winning team to be forced to play their choice of a professional NBA team, the players of whom would be awarded prize money (donated to their favorite charity) based on the margin of victory.

Unfortunately, I suspect even under those circumstances the NBA players would actually not have the heart to do what these pathetic girls did. Yeesh.

Well if it were against the WNBA they might have a chance..

Valiant · 01-23-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pestilenceaf23

There is no mercy rule though....so what do you do? Do you want them to just run down to the opposite side of the court and sit there until the shot clock runs out? Miss shots on purpose? I'm not condoning what they did...but what do you expect them to do?

Once I get down to the 3rd string kids after being up 50-0 I would have them run out the clock and take ridiculous shots from way beyond the arch.. And certainly not press..

KCCHIEFS27 · 01-23-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rooster

The coaching staff gets all the blame IMO. You can't blame the ladies for giving it their all and not letting up. That is what you are supposed to do.

That being said, the coach is well aware that the other team hasn't won a game in four years. Why press in the first place? He could have played a zone and won just as easily with a half court game.

Why throw down your full house when you can beat them with just a pair?

I sure as hell can blame the ladies..they are old enough to know when enough is enough. If I was on a team playing against a group of kids with mental problems such as theres, I would plainly tell the coach that he needs to settle down with the pressing and shooting 3's. As a matter of fact, my freshman year in basketball we were playing a team and our coach was going for a hundred(beat the other team something like 84-6), pressing in the fourth and I told him to stop pressing or take me out. He said if I refused to play he'd sit me out the rest of the season and I told him that was fine, I didn't want to play for an asshole anyways. The other players recognized what I was doing and came out in support of me and we clearly stopped him from being a prick. Some places just don't have the talent level that others have, no reason to rub it in. That'd be like the USA invading Djibouti.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 01-26-2009, 09:01 AM

The coach for the winning team was fired yesterday after sending an email to the local newspaper saying he would not apologize, and his team played with class, and honor.

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/9134384?MSNHPHMA

**Old Dog** · 01-26-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

The coach for the winning team was fired yesterday after sending an email to the local newspaper saying he would not apologize, and his team played with class, and honor.

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/9134384?MSNHPHMA

I wonder if he can coach football.....at least they actually played "to win the game"

FloridaMan88 · 01-26-2009, 09:49 AM

Herm might have found the perfect job opening... a place that will revere him for keeping the score down.

**ChiTown** · 01-26-2009, 09:53 AM

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