Montevallo football forfeiting wins after eligibility issue Published 3:21pm Wednesday, October 1, 2014 By DREW GRANTHUM/Sports Editor MONTEVALLO — The Montevallo High School football team will forfeit three wins after the school self-reported an eligibility indiscretion to AHSAA, according to a release sent through the school’s email list to parents. According to the release, Montevallo “recently self-reported to the AHSAA that an academically ineligible player had played in three varsity football contests. The player was initially deemed eligible in the AHSAA eligibility database in August.” The release stated that the school immediately pulled the player upon discovering his eligibility status. “In September, MHS officials discovered that the player’s status had changed to ineligible. Upon discovery of the status change, the student was immediately pulled from competition, and the issue was reported to AHSAA staff,” the release stated. “Through research and conversation with the AHSAA it was determined that the status change unknowingly occured approximately two weeks prior to the school’s discovery, which resulted in the school’s decision to play the student-athlete in three contests.” The program will cede the wins earned while the player was on the field, according to the release. “Therefore, Montevallo High School will forfeit each of the three winning contests in which the student-athlete participated,” it read. Head coach Andrew Zow said the forfeitures impacted more than just the team. “It’s disappointing for the kids, for me and the coaching staff and all of Montevallo,” he said. “There were some things that were out of our hands. As a staff I think we did everything we were supposed to at the beginning of the year.” With the forfeitures, Montevallo falls from 4-2 to 1-5 on the year. The decision came a few days before the Bulldogs are scheduled to face West Blocton on Oct. 3. - See more at: shelbycountyreporter/2014/10/01/montevallo-football-forfeiting-wins-after-eligibility-issue/#sthash.1L0gbNTG.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:09:32 +0000
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