Jan
23
From FOX Sports (link)
A private school’s girls basketball team whooped another team an incredible 100-0. While this sounds like an outstanding display of athleticism, it is also a horrible showing of unsportsmanlike conduct.
The winning team from the Covenant School (located in Dallas) played with a full court press and took an incredible number of three point shots to reach the 100 point mark. Their opponent was Dallas Academy, a private school with just 20 girls enrolled. There are no mercy rules in the private school league, but the players and coach of Covenant should have followed the “golden rule.” Obviously they were the better team. But to grind it into their opponents like this is unbelievable.
Fortunately, the head of the school has requested that their win be forfeited. At least someone at Covenant has a conscience. Also, the losing team’s players showed their strength and resolved and continued to play throughout the entire game. Bravo to the Dallas Academy team. Boo to the Covenant School.
Update January 26, 2009
The Covenant School has fired their basketball head coach after he announced to local reporters that he was neither ashamed nor apologetic for his team’s performance. Seems someone doesn’t quite understand that this was High School basketball.
