McKinley fined $42k, All Sports Banned From Postseason for two years

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The LHSAA issued a blockbuster ruling against McKinley High that includes $41,968.14 in penalty fines and a two-year post-season ban in all sports, according to a document released Wednesday morning.

McKinley also was ordered to forfeit Division I runner-up finishes in girls basketball for 2017 and 2018. The ruling also states that unnamed “faculty” and “nonfaculty” coaches are suspended from coaching in the LHSAA for one year, the 2018-19 school year. The post-season ban is for 2018-19 and 2019-20. The ruling also states that there will be game/event forfeits in multiple sports.

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These is the second sanctions issued to McKinley during the last three months. On April 17, the Class 5A school was cited for lack of administrative control, fined $2,500 and had its entire athletic program placed on disciplinary probation for two years for violations found in volleyball, girls junior varsity basketball, girls soccer and boys track.

The LHSAA memo accompanying the ruling states that eligibility issues found with the McKinley softball team that competed at the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA tournament led to a deeper investigation. The LHSAA found that eight players on the softball team were ineligible/not properly registered with the LHSAA prior to a semifinal game with Mount Carmel.

"It became apparent after the eligibility issue with the McKinley High softball team at the 2017-18 state tournament, that it was necessary to initiate and administer a thorough records check to make sure any/all student athletic participants at McKinley High School have been, and will continue, meeting any/all minimum eligibility requirements to participate," the LHSAA memo states. "During the audit process, it was discovered the McKinley High School athletic department, as it relates to required paperwork and its adherence therin, was/is in disarray. The documents present were not completed and there was an abundance of missing documents, all of which have, and to continue to, result in the ineligibility of players and coaches. This will result in forfeitures of games, contests, past postseason honors as well as future postseason honors."

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