I would like to say congratulations to Madison West Basketball Coach Boyce Wayne Hodge, he did something he had never done before. For the first time in his glorious career, he literally lost the game for the team.... after they won they game.
Courtesy of Madison Channel 3000-
MADISON, Wis. -- Madison West High School has pulled its boys basketball team out of the state Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament this weekend. The team has forfeited its first round win over Baraboo High School. Madison Metropolitan School District spokesman Ken Syke said the forfeiture, which is in accordance with WIAA guidelines, is a result of at least one ineligible West player participating in that game.
The ineligibility is due to an academic violation, according to the Madison Metropolitan School District.
Syke said West High School administrators fully investigated the information as soon as it came to their attention and then concluded that the game against Baraboo should be forfeited.
West High School's team was seeded No. 13 and had defeated Baraboo, the No. 4 seed in the bracket, by a score of 46-44. Now, Baraboo will advance in the tournament.
This comes as no surprise to anyone with any knowledge of the the basketball program at West High, as a former player, I can honestly say that I am positive that numerous players have played while being academically ineligible. But either Coach Hodge has "taken care" of it, or magically the player becomes eligible before the game. Hopefully this will finally be the end of his coaching career. I feel very badly for the kids that won this game, it must have been an extremely exciting event and to have that taken away because of a coach's oblivious nature is terrible. He's already hurt enough kids in one way or another over his career, including me.
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