Prep hockey team disqualified from WIAA playoffs
Wisconsin Sports-- The La Crosse Aquinas boys’ co-op hockey team has been removed from the state high school playoffs. The team violated the “Jablonski Rule,” which disqualifies a school after three player removals for checking-from-behind.
LA CROSSE - The La Crosse Aquinas boys’ co-op hockey team has been removed from the state high school playoffs. The team violated the “Jablonski Rule,” which disqualifies a school after three player removals for checking-from-behind.
Aquinas appealed the move to the WIAA – and the state’s school athletic governing body rejected the appeal yesterday. Aquinas principal Ted Knutson thought his team had a case, because the second violation occurred in neighboring Minnesota – and his team did not get a notice about it until after the third violation. Knutson said Aquinas thought the second violation didn’t count because it happened outside of Wisconsin.
The team went 14-6 this year – and they had to give up the No. 3 seed in the Wisconsin Dells Regional. The boys’ regionals begin next Tuesday.
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