All-Star Games slated for May 2
The best players in the league – both boys and girls – will be arrayed into all-star teams that will battle each other starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 2, in the Cooperative gym.
The Santa Cruz Interscholastic Sports League board, consisting of the athletic directors of all four schools, approved the new addition to the schedule at a meeting Monday. If successful, the idea will be continued with other sports in the future.
The goal is to build camaraderie in the league and add an exciting event to the schedule that will attract parents and others to witness see the high quality of play. And also to have fun.
The occasion will also help the Cooperative students compensate for the loss of the Friendship Games in La Paz, which had to be canceled this year.
The games will work as follows:
* Each school will name its “all-stars” at the end of the league tournament April 22.
* The players from the first place team and the fourth place team will be named to one team; and the players from the second place and third place team to the other.
* The coach of the winning team will be coach of the all-stars from his team and the fourth place team. The coach of the second place team will coach the other team. The coaches of the third and fourth place teams will be assistants.
* There will be nine players on each team. The schools that finish first and second will be allowed to name five all stars. The teams that finish third and fourth will each name four.
* Each team will have at least one practice before all-star night.
* The female all-stars will play first, with the males’ game following immediately afterwards.
The event is still in the planning stages, and more features may be added, such as a three-point shooting contest at halftime. Suggestions are invited. Send them to SCISL News, or give them to your school’s athletic director
Cambridge censured for false ID
The board of the Santa Cruz Interscholastic Sports League censured Cambridge College Monday because a female student had presented an unauthorized league ID card at two games this year.
It also decided to punish Cambridge by decreeing, in effect, that that the Cambridge varsity girls basketball team will be considered to be in fourth place for seeding in the playoffs. Technically, this will be done by adjusting the team’s point totals to take away the points gained in the two games at which the credential was used.
Cambridge acknowledged that league rules had been violated and accepted the punishment without protest.
The card was confiscated by officials on March 13 when the player in question presented the card for a game between Cambridge and International, the fourth of Cambridge’s season. The card had several irregularities, the most obvious being that the ink color was different from that used on the authentic cards.
The girl using the card was (and is) eligible to play, and the information on the card was correct. Apparently it was produced after the girl’s photo and information had been accidentally omitted from the material submitted to the league by the school for the preparation of ID cards. The student was listed on the team roster submitted at the same time.
A Cambridge spokesman said the school had not yet been able to determine who had actually produced the false credential. The student has said she was unaware that the credential was inauthentic, and unless the card was compared with other cards it would have been difficult to know it was false. The student, an eleventh grader, actually participated in only one game, and did not score any points.
