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MIAA rescinds Barton suspension

Print | Comments () Posted by Bob Holmes, Globe Staff June 24, 2010 10:14 AM

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The MIAA announced this morning that it has rescinded the remaining portion of the punishment handed out to Lynn English boys' basketball coach Buzzy Barton for his role in the recruiting of an East Boston basketball player.

Barton was scheduled to miss the first 10 games of the upcoming season but that part of his punishment, which included not being allowed to coach in last winter's MIAA tournament, was rescinded by a sub-committee of the Board of Directors.

"That's great ... awesome news,'' said English athletic director Gary Molea. "We took our hits last winter and our kids deserved this. Now we can move on and start with a clean slate."

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