By Terry Toohey
A paperwork miscue affecting athletic eligibility of transfer students has caused tournament trouble for two Delaware County Catholic League basketball teams scheduled to participate in PIAA Class 5A girls and boys basketball tournaments, which begin this week.
Cardinal O’Hara, the defending girls PIAA 5A state champions, is still in the state tournament but as the No. 3 seed out of District 12, not the No. 1 seed after the Lions had to forfeit a number of games for the use of an ineligible player.
The exact amount of games the Lions had to forfeit isn’t clear, and school officials have clearly been instructed not to comment on the issue.
O’Hara’s 2021-22 win-loss record, according to MaxPreps and the Daily Times, is 20-5. Yet the PIAA website lists O’Hara as 11-15. The status of the Lions’ 2022 Catholic League championship, which O’Hara had apparently won with a 55-30 victory over Archbishop Carroll last Monday, will instead be decided upon by the league’s Board of Governors at a later date.