Then it was discovered that one player was academically ineligible.According to the district, a guidance counselor incorrectly calculated thegrade average of a transfer student. The counselor also averaged the wrongset of grades.
Assistant Superintendent Dwight Hinnant says it was a simple case of anhonest mistake.
Football coach Stephen Jackson says his players are heartbroken afterbeing stripped of their conference title.
Now players and their parents are learning a tough lesson off thefield. Mistakes happen, and Gregory Edwards, father of a Selma footballplayer, says you have to play by the rules.
Edwards' son Rodell says his coach has helped the team accept whathappened.
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