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Garfield situation affects Sammamish football

October 19th, 2010 at Tue, 19th, 2010 at 10:30 am by Joel Willits

By now, many of you have heard of the real mess going on over at Garfield High School. Ineligible players participated in the Bulldogs game against Sammamish in September, and as a result, athletic director Jim Valiere has been placed on administrative leave and football coaches Anthony Allen and Anthony Kelley have resigned.

Mason Kelley’s story from the Times (linked above) explains the situation and notes that the Bulldogs will forfeit their 24-22 win over the Totems on Sept. 10.

It seems like details are still very murky over at Garfield. We’ll see how everything plays out.

Sammamish is now officially 1-6. I’m sure that’s not what the way they wanted to pick up their first win, but it is what it is.

I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.

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