The Stoneham (Mass.) boys team forfeited seven wins after using an ineligible player. (Getty Images)
The Stoneham (Mass.) High School boys basketball team has forfeited seven wins after one of its players was determined to be ineligible under Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) rules.
The MIAA released the following statement to New England Basketball Journal on Tuesday:
“The MIAA recently was notified by Stoneham High School of a self-reported violation of MIAA Rule 57 (Student Eligibility: Transfer Students) and Rule 59 (Student Eligibility: Time Allowed for Participation After First Entering Grade Nine).
"Per MIAA Rule 86: Participation of an Ineligible Student, the violating member school must forfeit every competition in which the ineligible student competed.”
