Week four scores

[Crimson's Ghost]

The mid-season transfer is perfectly legal.  His father moved to Westmont. He wanted to stay at his home school.  I'm sure the length of the drive and the late dinners got to be too much so he transferred.  

Nothing different than if Joe the IT guy's son plays for Tyrone and he gets a new job in Ebensburg.  The kid will more than likely want to stay at Tyrone, but after a few weeks of early morning commutes and late rides home he and his family decide to transfer to Central Cambria.  Both schools and their administration are much more familiar with the background and both schools signed off on the transfer.  I'm not pro-private school but come on guys leave the kid alone!

Pretty much what occurred here. This had nothing to do with sports. Dad moved and kid stayed with Grandpap so he could finish his senior year at Central. Kid got into some trouble and dad decided it was in his best interest to come and live with dad so he could keep his life straight. That is just being a good father. .....Now...Why he choose BM instead of the public school where he lives is an unknown (to me at least)...but all the arguments being made  here would be the same even if it was to the public school. Bottom line is this...NO...this should not be allowed on a regular basis, but under the given circumstances is was clear that [img=18x18]http://www.bleachercoaches.com/images/smilies/23.gif[/img]the move was not sports related and furthermore...not allowing him to be in sports at his new school probably would push him back toward the trouble he was in...I understand the points being made here on a sports discussion board (and I don't even disagree with alot of them) but in this case sometimes helping a kid get his life straight is far more important that a high school sporting event. 

If this move had nothing to do with sports then why wouldn't he go to Westmont instead of McCort?  You can be naive and deny it all you want, but if Westmont was better than McCort at football the kid would be at Westmont.  The one thing I will agree with is hopefully this kid gets his life in order and stays out of trouble.

If his dad worked at Westmont, I'm sure he would've went there. 

[RamsFootball]

He played against BG didn't he???? Didn't help much in that one I guess

Also, why would he leave central (a perennial power) to go play for a McCort team that has had no success recently.  Let the kid be, he's nothing special. 

[ChrisKentRam]

Pretty much what occurred here. This had nothing to do with sports. Dad moved and kid stayed with Grandpap so he could finish his senior year at Central. Kid got into some trouble and dad decided it was in his best interest to come and live with dad so he could keep his life straight. That is just being a good father. .....Now...Why he choose BM instead of the public school where he lives is an unknown (to me at least)...but all the arguments being made  here would be the same even if it was to the public school. Bottom line is this...NO...this should not be allowed on a regular basis, but under the given circumstances is was clear that [img=18x18]http://www.bleachercoaches.com/images/smilies/23.gif[/img]the move was not sports related and furthermore...not allowing him to be in sports at his new school probably would push him back toward the trouble he was in...I understand the points being made here on a sports discussion board (and I don't even disagree with alot of them) but in this case sometimes helping a kid get his life straight is far more important that a high school sporting event. 

If this move had nothing to do with sports then why wouldn't he go to Westmont instead of McCort?  You can be naive and deny it all you want, but if Westmont was better than McCort at football the kid would be at Westmont.  The one thing I will agree with is hopefully this kid gets his life in order and stays out of trouble.

If his dad worked at Westmont, I'm sure he would've went there. 

Are you also sure that if his dad worked at Bishop Carroll or Blacklick Valley he would have went there?

[El-Moldo]

Back in August, and possibly since the end of last football season, a young man began working his tail off to earn a spot in the Crushers starting line-up. By the start of this season, he had earned his spot on the team. Meanwhile, a kid from another school pretty far away, was left to spend his senior year with his grandfather (so I hear). The kid gets in some sort of trouble, so his dad decides to bring him to BM after he has already played games for his original school team. So what happened? The kid (who was in trouble) transfers to BM and waltzes onto the BM team and the original starter, who played by the rules and worked his butt off to play for BM, loses his job. That's a fine Howdy-Doo. And as Manfred said earlier, Billy Bruce gets suspended for his senior year from athletics at Conemaugh Twp, but BM comes to the rescue that summer and he shows up to start for BM. At BM, it's whatever it takes.

[Crimson's Ghost]

I have no reason to believe otherwise. 

[Crimson's Ghost]

Billy Bruce didn't start at McCort anyway. You don't care at all about the kid sitting on Bishop McCort's bench. You don't feel bad or anything, so why spend time talking about it?


Your complaints against the school you dislike the most in the world are well taken, but sticking up for a nameless kid that you literally don't care about just seems so hollow to me.

[rreihart]

If only we could keep scores in the scores threads...


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[El-Moldo]

BUT Billy Bruce was one of the top running backs in the area when he was a junior. BM JUMPED at the chance to bring him into the fold. If he didn't start, so what. The intent was there, for BM to get an advantage over their opponents.. And I DON'T DISLIKE bm. I just don't like unfair situations.

[youngbuck]

He played against BG didn't he???? Didn't help much in that one I guess

Also, why would he leave central (a perennial power) to go play for a McCort team that has had no success recently.  Let the kid be, he's nothing special. 

Please give me a little more info on the powerhouse that Central is, didn't they choose to leave LHAC because they were a doormat?  Before 2015, when was their last title?   Having a great group of kids is not the same as being a perennial powerhouse 

[Crimson's Ghost]

Central has won 3 since 2008, the most in AA during that stretch.