OSG High: The Growing World Of High School Recruiting

((HT: 11Alive.com))

It's an issue that has been around in high school athletics as long as the modern era of recruiting, transferring, and figuring out what's "best for my kid- the next big thing" has gone down...

What has high school sports become in this modern era...???

Here's FOSG Sam Crenshaw and Matt Pearl explain a busy off-season in the state of Georgia...


But a larger issue has happened in the state of Florida with Armwood High in Seffner. The school is now on the verge of losing its 2011 state football title for having five players ineligible and some of their parents having lied about residency to even play at Armwood. The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) is already calling for a forfeit of all of their games from last season...

Here's the story from our friends at WFTS-TV...


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Here's the full Armwood report...

OSG High: Your Daily Lacrosse Sucker Punch

((HT: Deadspin/ESPN760/WPTV))

Lacrosse has always been known for its violence...

But normally during play...

Take you to St. Thomas Aquinas and Palm Beach-St. Andrews last night...
Aquinas' Jake Champion decides to take matters into his own hand coming off the field...


The Florida High School Athletic Association suspended Champion for six weeks for "level 2 unsportsmanlike conduct."

St. Andrew's was up 15-5 in the third and after Champion had been ejected for throwing a punch, he hit Jordan Todd as he was leaving...

St. Andrew's won 20-6, so the suspension means virtually nothing...

OSG High: Orlando-Dr. Phillips Loses 2010 Season

((HT: Orlando Sentinel))

Defensive Coordinator Rodney Wells takes over for Dale Salapa at Orlando-Doctor Phillips. Normally, that would be news on its own, but replacing the coach that had a three-year record of 35-4 is because Salapa stepped aside after a boatload of trouble came to the surface...

Last week, Dr. Phillips self-reported to the Florida High School Athletic Association ((FHSAA)) that it had an ineligible player on its roster and is forfeiting all 14 victories from the 2010 season. Last month, three former Dr. Phillips players were acquitted of charges of battery and hazing a former teammate last September.

"There will be a zero-tolerance policy," Wells told Joe Williams of the Orlando Sentinel. "Everything has to be clean. Everybody will be watching us, not just at school but in the community."

Wells ain't lying...

Here's the highlights from the state title game from last season...
The one that still doesn't count anymore for DP...
 

There was also talk that an alleged altercation between Salapa and a parent at a 7v7 tournament was what pushed everything over the edge...