Indiana High School Score: 107-2

Coach of girls team catches flak for final score
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 12, 2012 4:42 PM CST
Indiana High School Score: 107-2
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Bloomington South 107, Arlington 2. That wasn't a typo in the high school sports pages today, it was the final score of a girls basketball game, reports the Indianapolis Star. And now the Bloomington coach is under fire on social media and from Arlington coach Ebony Jackson: "No, it's not OK but he will have to live with that," she says. “If that’s how they want to carry themselves, that’s fine.” For his part, Bloomington coach Larry Winters insists his team wasn't running up the score. “I didn’t tell my girls to stop shooting because that would have been more embarrassing (to Arlington)," he says. "We weren't trying to embarrass them."

At Forbes, Bob Cook says Winters was in a "no-win situation" and explains the background: Arlington used to have a decent team, but that was before the state took it over because of bad academic performance and turned it over to a private company. "When schools schedule each other, perhaps there should be a line in the contract that immediately voids the game if there is a change of control of the school," he suggests. In the meantime, the state is looking into establishing a mercy rule. (More high school sports stories.)

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