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Minuteman out of Voke bowl

Print | Comments () Posted by Bob Holmes, Globe Staff November 26, 2011 01:38 PM

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By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff

After further review, the Massachusetts Vocational football committee selected the wrong team to play in the Small Division Bowl game. Minuteman is out, and replaced by Lynn Tech, which will play Tri-County Thursday at Braintree.

Let Blackstone Valley AD and vocational football chair Michele Denise explain:

"A mistake was made in the calculation of percentages for both Lynn Tech and Minuteman. Lynn Tech had listed an extra loss, and Minuteman had listed without an additional loss. As a result, when these two mistakes were found we tried to quickly and efficiently make the change in matchups. Neither mistake was due to the schools, in fact several sets of eyes had reviewed the records and percentages and it was not found until late [Friday] afternoon -- the mistakes were not made on the schools ends, but rather in the process of gathering results over the course of the season. Both schools handled the situation with grace and we will work hard to assure this doesn’t happen in the future."

Lynn Tech finished the season 7-4, including a 44-8 loss to St. Mary's Wednesday night.

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