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IHSA East St. Louis Update
BLOOMINGTON, IL -- On November 4, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) successfully petitioned St. Clair County’s 20th Judicial Court to absolve a temporary restraining order that the court had granted to East St. Louis Senior High School. The IHSA ruled on October 26 that the East St. Louis Senior High School football team would forfeit 10 victories from its 2009 season, five victories from the 2010 season and be removed from the 2010 IHSA Football Playoffs after the team was found to have used an ineligible player in those contests. The court granted East St. Louis Senior High School a temporary restraining order on October 28 on the basis that the school be given additional time to review the information from the investigation. After allowing additional due process, the IHSA once again determined on November 3 that the school had used an ineligible player and had inadequate policies in place to prevent the infraction. Earlier today, the Association presented its findings to Judge Richard Aguirre and asked that the temporary restraining order be absolved.
The absolution of the temporary restraining order by Judge Aguirre results in the East St. Louis Senior High School football team forfeiting the 15 aforementioned contests and being removed from the 2010 IHSA Football Playoff field. Belleville West High School, who was defeated by East St. Louis Senior High School in the first round of the playoffs, will return to the playoff field and face Belleville East this weekend in a second round contest. No seeds will be changed as a result of the switch.
“This is an important ruling that reinforces our ability to govern our member schools,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “It is the obligation of each member school to abide by those rules and to be accountable for the repercussions that accompany failure to comply. This is an unfortunate incident, but it does not change East St. Louis Senior High School’s status or standing as an IHSA member school. It is our goal to now work with the school’s administration to improve the policies and procedures that allowed these violations to occur, in the hopes that this situation never repeats itself.”
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IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman will be available for a media teleconference call tomorrow (Friday, November 5) at 1 p.m. (central) to debrief media on the events of this matter and answer questions.
East St. Louis Update (11-3-10)
BLOOMINGTON, IL -- The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced today that after allowing East St. Louis Senior High School additional due process per a ruling from St. Clair County’s 20th Judicial Court, the Association has reached the same decision that was originally announced on October 26, which will require the East St. Louis Senior High School football team to forfeit 10 victories from the 2009 season, five victories from the 2010 season and be removed from the 2010 IHSA Football Playoffs.
“We respectfully followed the guidelines put forth by Judge Aguirre in allowing additional time for the East St. Louis Senior High School administration to review the pertinent information in this investigation,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “Ultimately, we reached the conclusion that East St. Louis Senior High School did not have the procedures in place to comply with our rules and regulations.”
The IHSA will return to court on Thursday, November 4 to ask that the temporary restraining order granted to East St. Louis Senior High School on October 28 be absolved.
“In order for the ruling that we made today (November 3) to go into effect, legally, the restraining order must first be absolved,” added Hickman.
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Use address to the right for October 26 press release on initial forfeiture ruling: http://www.ihsa.org/announce/2010-11/2010-10-26.htm
Use address to the right for October 28 press release on temporary restraining order: http://www.ihsa.org/announce/2010-11/2010-10-28.htm
Matt Troha
Illinois High School Association
Assistant Executive Director
Book On Illinois High School Football features DuQuoin, Metamora, Geneseo, and St Teresa
from the Blog World, WGCY News, Gibson City
Book On Illinois High School Football Published
To coincide with the start of the 2010 Illinois high school football season, a longtime high school sports writer is releasing a book on the history of the sport in Illinois.
The book is Dusty, Deek, and Mr. Do-Right: High School Football in Illinois, by Taylor Bell, the longtime high school sports writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. The title makes reference to Tuscola quarterback Dusty Burk, Pittsfield coaching legend Donald “Deek” Pollard and Evanston coach Murney “Mr. Do Right” Lazier.
“We talked to the great players and the great coaches. We dealt with the great programs and the great teams, not just the large schools but the small schools and the mid-size schools and the great games and so forth,” Bell said.
Many of the stories took place before high school football playoffs began in 1974. Programs chronicled include DuQuoin, Metamora, Geneseo and Decatur St. Theresa, which had great programs in the 1940s and 1950s. The book also discusses winning programs at schools such as East St. Louis, Mount Carmel, and Joliet Catholic.
The book is published by the University of Illinois Press.
Check Out the Book on the U of Illinois Press WebsiteSouthwestern Conference
East St Louis Flyers - Southwestern - Illinois Prep Football
The East St Louis Flyers play Illinois high school football (IHSA) as a 2010 member of the Southwestern conference. East St Louis High School is located in East St Louis, Illinois. East St Louis is in St. Clair county. The Flyers' Illinois Pigskin region is the 618 Football Region. They are coached by Darren Sunkett entering his 9th year of coaching at East St Louis. The school Athletic Director is Leonard Manley Senior.
The schools 2010 enrollment numbers are 2146. The Flyers' colors are Orange/Blue. East St Louis has qualified for the IHSA playoffs 30 times, the last playoff appearance was 2009. They have qualified for the playoffs 10 consecutive years.
