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D H Conley 0 @ J H Rose 72

This is our "cross-town" rival. We friggin OWNED THEM tonight. Only dissappointing thin about tonight was the attendance.... near about noone from Conley came and the "Rose" side was 60% or less full most of the game. When I was at Rose in the early 90s if we had of played each other it would have been a sell out.

Northern Durham played the whole season up to this point with a player who is too old so all our victories are forfeit. ensuring a losing record for the first time since 1968.

which thus ends my interest for this season

Laettners Legacy Wrote:Northern Durham played the whole season up to this point with a player who is too old so all our victories are forfeit. ensuring a losing record for the first time since 1968.

How friggin old is he? And how did this get buy any coaches or school administrators? I could "possibly" see a high school student being in teh 19-20yr old range if they got held back a grade(s) as a youngster.

he turned 19 midseason

http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/18-780274.html

DURHAM -- The use of an ineligible player on its football team might have cost Northern High five victories and a $250 fine, but it did gain the respect of the N.C. High School Athletic Association official in charge of doling out the punishments.

Que Tucker, the associate executive director of the NCHSAA, said that Northern reported to her office on Wednesday morning that the school had discovered an ineligible student-athlete on its football team. The player turned age 19 prior to October 16, rendering him too old to play under NCHSAA rules.

Because Northern reported the violation itself, the NCHSAA reduced the school's fine from $500 to $250. The cost in the win-loss column remained the same.

Northern was forced to forfeit all five victories in which the ineligible student-athlete participated, dropping the Knights' record from 5-3, 2-2 PAC-6 4-A to 0-8, 0-4.

With the forfeits, Northern is assured of its first losing regular-season record since 1963, and the Knights' chances of making the state playoffs are remote, at best.

Nonetheless, Tucker commended the school's administration and football staff for reporting the violation in the face of its harsh consequences.

"We like to believe all of our schools pride their selves on character and integrity, and Northern's no exception," Tucker said. "As badly as we feel about it, we feel good they did the right thing."

Last season, Shelby Crest reported itself to the NCHSAA for an ineligible player and ended up having to forfeit the

4-A East Regional title -- and a trip to the state championship game -- to Greensboro Grimsley.

While Northern's situation is not quite as extreme, it still could end up ending Northern's season much sooner than usual.

A team must finish in the top three in its conference or have four wins to be "playoff eligible" for the state playoffs. However, if not enough four-win teams are available to fill out the two 32-team brackets in each class, a three-win team could sneak based on its conference winning percentage.

Last season, West Mecklenburg made it into the 4-A West breack as a No. 16 seed with a 3-8 record.

To have even a remote chance, Northern needs to win its last three games of the season -- a stretch that starts tonight at Hillside, a team that's won its last three games by a combined 149-9, and ends Nov. 3 at Jordan, the only team still unbeaten in conference play.

The Knights face East Chapel Hill in their home finale on October 27.

Barron Collier - 35
South Ft Myers - 13

Immokalee - 56
Palmetto Ridge - 0

Naples - 52
Golden Gate - 21

North Port - 6
Gulf Coast - 3

Laettners Legacy Wrote:Northern Durham played the whole season up to this point with a player who is too old so all our victories are forfeit. ensuring a losing record for the first time since 1968.

One of the schools here (Immokalee) played with nearly a 30 year old until last year. They won the state title two years ago with him. This past year he graduated, but the team can't play in the playoffs this year. It still doesn't change the fact that they are going through this season undefeated and crushing all of their opponents. Disappointing for them, a blessing to their would have been playoff opponents.

Laettners Legacy Wrote:http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/18-780274.html

DURHAM -- The use of an ineligible player on its football team might have cost Northern High five victories and a $250 fine, but it did gain the respect of the N.C. High School Athletic Association official in charge of doling out the punishments.

Que Tucker, the associate executive director of the NCHSAA, said that Northern reported to her office on Wednesday morning that the school had discovered an ineligible student-athlete on its football team. The player turned age 19 prior to October 16, rendering him too old to play under NCHSAA rules.

Because Northern reported the violation itself, the NCHSAA reduced the school's fine from $500 to $250. The cost in the win-loss column remained the same.

Northern was forced to forfeit all five victories in which the ineligible student-athlete participated, dropping the Knights' record from 5-3, 2-2 PAC-6 4-A to 0-8, 0-4.

With the forfeits, Northern is assured of its first losing regular-season record since 1963, and the Knights' chances of making the state playoffs are remote, at best.

Nonetheless, Tucker commended the school's administration and football staff for reporting the violation in the face of its harsh consequences.

"We like to believe all of our schools pride their selves on character and integrity, and Northern's no exception," Tucker said. "As badly as we feel about it, we feel good they did the right thing."

Last season, Shelby Crest reported itself to the NCHSAA for an ineligible player and ended up having to forfeit the

4-A East Regional title -- and a trip to the state championship game -- to Greensboro Grimsley.

While Northern's situation is not quite as extreme, it still could end up ending Northern's season much sooner than usual.

A team must finish in the top three in its conference or have four wins to be "playoff eligible" for the state playoffs. However, if not enough four-win teams are available to fill out the two 32-team brackets in each class, a three-win team could sneak based on its conference winning percentage.

Last season, West Mecklenburg made it into the 4-A West breack as a No. 16 seed with a 3-8 record.

To have even a remote chance, Northern needs to win its last three games of the season -- a stretch that starts tonight at Hillside, a team that's won its last three games by a combined 149-9, and ends Nov. 3 at Jordan, the only team still unbeaten in conference play.

The Knights face East Chapel Hill in their home finale on October 27.

Was he good?

Hatton 28, Phil Campbell 20

PC is now 1-7! This is their first losing season since 2005. lmfao

Fire Kelly Kiser (and Watson Brown)!