CONDUCT AT STATE QUALIFIERS

On Saturday at a small school state qualifier, two teams got in to it complete with coaches and fans and it was a mess (police involved). Both teams disqualified including two time defending D-II champions Graham. Have not heard an official word but the rule is if two teams get in a fight they are DQ’d for the Day AND the Season including the state tournament (if they had already qualified).

I WENT OVER THIS CAREFULLY WITH THE KIDS YESTERDAY. POINTED OUT TO THEM AS THE ONLY STATE QUALIFIER EVERY YEAR THEY HAD A “BULLS EYE” ON THEIR BACKS AND WHAT A TRAGEDY IT WOULD BE FOR US TO LOSE THAT “ONE OF A KIND” QUALIFIER LABEL TO A FIGHT!!

Matt Stepp also tweeted that at least one of these teams did NOT have a school coach there as is required. Who knows if that would have mattered but it does not help that they broke two rules in terms of the ultimate punishment handed out..

 

From Old Coach web site:

PRINCETON - 7 on 7 State Qualifying got started today and the first DFW Division II Qualifier certainly had its fair share of excitement as Princeton and Celina punched their tickets to the 2015 7 on 7 State Tournament in College Station. The biggest story of the day may not involve the two qualified teams, instead the focus shifts to two time defending Division II champions Graham who along with Kaufman were disqualified from the tournament during the final round of pool play due to a bench clearing melee.

An official decision has yet to be handed down by the Texas State 7 on 7 Board of Directors on the status of Graham and Kaufman, but the fact that both teams were disqualified and not allowed to finish the tournament is not a good sign

Please take the time to read and download for reference the rules for 7 on 7. This will help us all understand the game better. You will note the highlighted areas in the rules are NEW for this year.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/255220530/2015-Official-Texas-State-7on7-Rules

 

ALSO: As soon as I get the pool information I will forward along with where at the Rockwall HS campus we are playing-should receive today. First game will be at 9:00 am and we will depart the east parking lot at Lamar between 6:45 and 7:00 am.

 

VFND!