Thursday, March 2, 2017

Football and Track Athlete forced to sit out from sports for now.

Written Thursday March 2nd at 10:40 AM

Well this is an interesting story according to WXYZ.

Joseph Stevens and his family moved and in the process switched schools from Farmington to Harrison because of financial hardships.

Stevens was a football and track standout at Farmington. He is expected to play for coach John Herrington and the Hawks this fall.

The Farmington School District held up Stevens ineligibility to play football and track for six months unless he and his family can prove that the move wasn't athletically motivated but after going back and fourth for a month with the school district the matter was still under investigation and Stevens wasn't cleared to play.

The MHSAA rule states that if the parents move with their kid then they could play immediately if they have proof that they sold their home and moved but if the move was for athletic reasons then the player must sit out for 180 days.

It's interesting because Harrison and Farmington are in the same school district along with North Farmington.

Stay tuned to OAA Now for this developing story.


Here is the WXYZ story right here.

http://www.wxyz.com/news/parents-say-son-is-forced-to-sit-out-from-sports-despite-following-rules

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I have highest function of autism (Asperger Syndrome.) I'm a huge Dallas Stars fan. I like to play and watch football, especially when the Dragons play on Friday nights. I am a 2006 alum and used to play football for the Dragons. I ran track, I ran the 100, 200, 400 meter dashes along with shot-put and discus. During my time in Orion I was a manager for Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team. I'm the volleyball, girls basketball, and football announcer for the team and do the book on the road for girls basketball. I do the clock for volleyball in the fall along with girls basketball in the winter and announce some boys basketball games as well. In the spring I coach shot-put at Scripps Middle School, in my fifth season coaching. I run the shot-put for high school meets. I played Special Olympics Basketball, I've won three gold medals for them. I host "Between Taorminas" which is on ONTV along with a podcast called "OAA Now". In other various things outside of Lake Orion, I love to jet ski over Saginaw Bay. Saginaw Bay is basically my life. I'm a trained weather spotter for the National Weather Service for Oakland and Huron counties.