Richland forfeit last night

[bbq king]

Richland boys had to forfeit last night to California. They told California that they didn't have enough eligible players. Anyone know anything about this

 

[chs_02]

On the MSHSAA site it shows the game as being tonight and postponed

 

[TWO FOUR]

Richland boys had to forfeit last night to California. They told California that they didn't have enough eligible players. Anyone know anything about this

Richland did not forfeit. They were forced to reschedule due to over half of their players being one practice short of the MSHSAA required 14 practices. They have 14 players on their roster, and had multiple players miss a practice due to a flu breakout, an FFA event, an injury, a snow day, and a community fundraiser event where the gym was unavailable. It is unfortunate, but Richland is eager to reschedule the game once a mutually-workable date can be found.

 

[Hoosier 1]

Do schools and coaches practice on the weekends?

 

[3Rfan]

Do schools and coaches practice on the weekends?

A lot of teams and coaches do around the semo area. Gym time is at premium at small schools all the time and at large schools sometimes too.

 

[TWO FOUR]

There were only two weekends to practice before the game scheduled on 22nd. Originally, there were 16 practices planned before that date. I had a bad case of the flu the first weekend, so we did not practice in hopes that I would not infect the team. Then we could not practice on Monday due to the snow day and dangerous road conditions. The second weekend, we had the community fundraiser on Saturday (as I mentioned previously). We did practice on Sunday. It is an unfortunate situation, but it is the situation we are in when trying to schedule a game on the first possible date. We are not trying to make excuses. We are trying to be honest, follow the rules, and do the right thing. In hindsight, there are other things we could have done to get 14 practices in for all of our guys, but the fact is, we didn't. We have the entire season to work in a make-up date, and are more than willing to do that. Hopefully it will happen.
-Coach Matt Moulder
Richland Bears Basketball