Texas girls basketball team that won 100-0 seeks forfeit

[WillParkinson]

Texas girls basketball team that won 100-0 seeks forfeit, calling it 'victory without honor'

By JEFF CARLTON


DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas high school girls basketball team on the winning end of a 100-0 game has a case of blowout remorse. Now officials from The Covenant School say they are trying to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory.

"It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened," Kyle Queal, the head of the school, said in a statement, adding the forfeit was requested because "a victory without honor is a great loss."

The private Christian school defeated Dallas Academy last week. Covenant was up 59-0 at halftime.

A parent who attended the game told The Associated Press that Covenant continued to make 3-pointers - even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points.

"I think the bad judgment was in the full-court press and the 3-point shots," said Renee Peloza, whose daughter plays for Dallas Academy. "At some point, they should have backed off."

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[NJmaverick]

1. Sorry I missed this, I posted the same thing

I find it ironic that he low live's that did this were from a "Christian School' and their victims were from a school for the learning disabled.

[Shakespeare]

2. The forfeit request came only after all the negative publicity.

There's NO WAY that team didn't know they were playing mentally disabled girls, so that bit about "honor" really rings hollow to me.