Kaneland, which has gained 30 consecutive video games, will likely be allowed to play in tonight’s Class 3A sectional ultimate towards Crystal Lake South regardless of utilizing an ineligible participant within the sectional semifinals.
In accordance with the Illinois Excessive Faculty Affiliation, the inelgible participant performed in Kaneland’s final seven video games. The IHSA initially dominated that Kaneland needed to forfeit these seven video games and couldn’t play tonight towards Crystal Lake South.
Kaneland appealed to the IHSA board. The board amended the ruling Friday morning and can Kaneland to play with out the ineligible athlete.
“The Board believes that IHSA Govt Director Craig Anderson adopted correct protocol when issuing his preliminary ruling,” stated Dan Tully, the Principal at Notre Dame Faculty Prep in Niles and the President of the IHSA Board of Administrators. “New info got here to gentle through the attraction listening to that led the IHSA Board to permit the staff to proceed to take part within the State Sequence. The Board acknowledges that failures by the Kaneland administration in in search of an eligibility ruling exacerbated this example. Now we have directed the IHSA workers to work with the college to enhance their processes shifting ahead, whereas additionally reevaluating the IHSA’s inside processes to determine methods to streamline the eligibility ruling course of for all member faculties.”
The IHSA positioned Kaneland on probation and requested a corrective motion plan.
Final season, the IHSA kicked Kenwood out of the state tournament on the opening day of the occasion. In accordance with the IHSA the Broncos had a number of ineligible gamers. Kenwood appealed to the IHSA’s board and its regional semifinal recreation was postponed. The IHSA board dominated that the Broncos may play within the state match with out the 5 ineligible gamers, two assistant coaches and their head coach. Kenwood responded by requesting a brief restraining order in Cook dinner County Circuit court docket and the choose dominated in favor of the IHSA.
