Court rules in favor of Arlington girls basketball team; playoff game Thursday
Arlington will play Blackman in the Class AAA quarterfinals at 7 p.m. at MTSU.
Arlington will play Blackman in the Class AAA quarterfinals at 7 p.m. at MTSU.
At Tuesday’s hearing, attorneys for Arlington’s parents argued the TSSAA’s postseason ban was “arbitrary and capricious,” while the TSSAA’s attorney argued that member schools must abide by its decisions.
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The scheduling change is the latest twist in a case that began with an off-court incident involving the Arlington girls basketball team.
An Arlington parent says injunction was filed because TSSAA penalties following incident were “really harsh.”
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Parents from Arlington, which had been banned from the rest of the postseason following an incident earlier in the week, had filed an injunction on Saturday.
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