MILWAUKEE — St. Thomas Extra Excessive College is now pursuing authorized motion to attempt to reinstate its varsity boys basketball group within the state event after a combat final week ended its season.
Coach John Hoch says he plans to file an injunction naming the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation, or WIAA, in Milwaukee County Court docket. He hopes there can be some form of dialogue on the document Wednesday morning.
“The aim is for our group to proceed taking part in,” Hoch mentioned.
It began final Friday when Fuller Academy was taking part in St. Thomas Extra, and video reveals one participant push one other, and a participant push again. Then a crowd gathered.
The WIAA suspended each groups for leaving the bench.
Coach Hoch says he understands the rule, and on this case he believes the circumstances are completely different.
“I believe that rule is made so gamers do not exit onto the court docket and take part in a combat, however on this case we had been really defending ourselves as a combat was heading towards us,” Hoch mentioned.
St. Thomas Extra was given the choice of taking part in its junior varsity group throughout the subsequent scheduled recreation towards Brown Deer, however Coach Hoch turned that down. The group forfeited, and its season ended.
Now Brown Deer is scheduled to play Dominican Excessive College on Wednesday evening.
“We’re asking them to pause that recreation and permit the WIAA to arrange a recreation between Thomas Extra and Brown Deer,” Hoch mentioned.
Hoch first filed an attraction with the WIAA. A spokesperson says its guidelines do not enable for that.
Hoch then determined to strive authorized motion.
“The overwhelming response that I acquired on Sunday morning by means of Sunday afternoon actually made me assume lots about this,” Hoch mentioned. “Mother and father, college students, school and workers, alums, after which even strangers, folks I did not even know, had been reaching out and actually type of weren’t proud of the choice that was made.”
Fuller Academy’s coach couldn’t be reached for remark Tuesday.
TMJ4 Information reached out to officers at Brown Deer and Dominican Excessive Faculties.
The athletic director at Brown Deer Excessive College responded in an electronic mail, “We are going to proceed to help our Brown Deer Falcons boys basketball group.”
The WIAA has not but offered a touch upon the authorized motion on the time of this text.