Fleming Island was fined and placed on administrative probation for violations in its boys basketball program on Monday and must forfeit nine victories — including its Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational title — for use of ineligible players.
The Golden Eagles dropped from 21-1 to 12-10 after the forfeits were officially added to their record on Monday. The Florida High School Athletic Association confirmed the decision, saying that two players were ruled ineligible during the process.
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The school was also fined $4,000 for the 16 combined games that the ineligible players took part in, according to a person familiar with the ruling. The school has not returned a request seeking comment.
Fleming Island, which won the Fortegra High School 9:12 Invitational, has to forfeit its three victories from that tournament.
The ineligible players — one on the varsity, one on junior varsity — lived in Duval County and used an address that they didn’t live at to gain enrollment at the school. The school appealed the initial findings during a sectional appeal earlier this month, but that was denied.
Fleming Island was placed on administrative probation — the first of three stages of probation — for the violations.