Eric Hong ruled ineligible by WPIAL
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Circus is being kind. Capricious, petty, vindictive are more apt words. Throw in Machiavellian when you are dealing with the WPIAL.
Bizarre. The only school that has standing to block him is his pre-move public school district -- and he never attended there, so why would they care?
From what I read in the article, this should be as close to a slam-dunk case as there can be with the PIAA. A shame he has to go through the hassle and expense, just to get a ruling that follows the PIAA's rules.
From what I read in the article, this should be as close to a slam-dunk case as there can be with the PIAA. A shame he has to go through the hassle and expense, just to get a ruling that follows the PIAA's rules.
yeah, by rational standards, that decision is a puzzler
it's not a situation of one public school poaching talent from another public school; the kid and his family have gone a private school route so far, and now they decide to attend a public school in the Pittsburgh area......why the heck not be able to factor in features of the school such as a coach or program?
The other thing in his favor: if he had any inkling of going to NA for his senior year, they could have end run around the process by moving to Wexford last year when Sunny was hired, spending the year at Georgetown or Kiski Prep, and then "transferring" to where they had already established residency.
Again. Anybody who believes athletic associations run by paid adults are for the benefit of children may as well believe in the great pumpkin.
As dice wrote, petty, vindictive and has nothing to with the benefit of the kid.
As dice wrote, petty, vindictive and has nothing to with the benefit of the kid.
Actually, I think that any school in the receiving district (District 7) has standing to request a hearing. It's likely that this did not come from his pre-move public district, which makes it even more of a joke.
I agree that the PIAA will probably reverse this, but you never know.
This whole thing is just wrong, can't imagine the emotions these kids go through of possibly not having the chance to wrestle and achieve their goals.
Kinda lost track of this kid with his move to Georgetown Prep after Junior HS. Was he highly recruited?
Comical if it wasn't such a shame. Hold the kid back a year. That's easy to do. Check out the PA youth board for "how to" instructions.
Update: North Allegheny transfer Eric Hong, a standout wrestler who the WPIAL ruled ineligible Monday, has appealed that decision to the PIAA, said NA athletic director Bob Bozzuto. A date has not been set for the PIAA hearing. A Penn commit and Oakmont native, Hong won the National Prep Championship's 120-pound title in 2014 while at Georgetown Prep in Maryland. He was runner-up in 2015 at 132 pounds. He attended Kiski School last year, until transferring to North Allegheny in November.
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