MIAA vs. Mansfield: Morning update
The Globe's Mike Grossi is at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston this morning where the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association is expected to file paperwork to appeal the temporary injunction granted to the Mansfield football team yesterday in Taunton Superior Court.
Grossi reports that the MIAA has yet to file any paperwork this morning and that, even if they do, the case might never make it to a judge if it's determined there's no merit to an appeal based on what the MIAA submits.
In fact, the MIAA has reportedly convened its Board of Directors this morning to decide if it will even file the appeal that it hinted at in last night's press release.
Mansfield earned an injunction that should allow it to meet Bishop Feehan in an Eastern Mass. Division 2 playoff semifinal this evening at Bridgewater-Raynham. The game was originally scheduled for yesterday, but was canceled by the MIAA when it learned on Monday that Mansfield had used a fifth-year ineligible player in two regular-season wins.
For more on the story, check out this article from today's Globe.
Should there actually be a football game tonight, join us live here on the High School Sports Blog for our in-game live blog.
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Look for updates from:
- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
