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Posted: Dec 11, 2014 9:35 AMUpdated: Dec 11, 2014 10:35 AM

Court Rejects Playoff Re-play Request

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An Oklahoma County judge says he won't order a contested high school football playoff game to be replayed.

     Judge Bernard Jones said in an order Thursday, "there is neither statute nor case law allowing this court discretion to order the replay of a high school football game."

     Jones also said that the courts shouldn't intervene in such activities, especially when the teams are part of an association.

     It all started during a state quarterfinal Nov. 28, when an improperly enforced penalty erased a touchdown that would have put Douglass ahead of Locust Grove with 64 seconds left. Locust Grove won 20-19, and Douglass appealed to the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

     The association's staff declined the appeal, and its board rejected the replay options, prompting Douglass to go to court.


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