A top Keystone Oaks High School football player has transfered to Gateway High School, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Ricky Rogers, who was a starting receiver in his freshman and sophomore years at Keystone Oaks, has enrolled at Gateway for his junior year.
Rogers was homeschooled while living in the Keystone Oaks School District. According to the Post Gazette's report, he is now living in the Gateway School District, but will continue to be homeschooled.
For the Post Gazette's full report, click here.
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Debby
1:26 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Rogers also attended Lincoln Park for a few months as a freshman. It is highly likely the WPIAL will have a hearing on the transfer
Why would the WPIAL have a hearing on this?
Susan P.
3:08 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
There should be a hearing. Transfer for athletic intent.
The Red Pen
3:07 pm on Monday, July 30, 2012
Rogers is going to be a cyber school student and then play football at Gateway in the evenings. he will have an address in Monroeville as many of the other illegal transfers that attend Gateway do, but will just commute to practice daily.
cheating never wins!
Susan P.
8:54 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
Just an updated to this story. Rogers was denied by the Wpial. Must sit out his junior year in football and basketball. This was absolutely the right call. Article in the post gazette quotes his mother as saying her son was "emotionally bullied" at KO. That is a load of crap. Ricky was a popular and well like student.
Debby
10:57 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
RIcky was my neighbor and for his mother to say he was emotionally bullied is outrageous. Within a week of telling us they were moving they were gone, selling their house for under market value. I sure hope they know a good lawyer.
Erin Faulk
11:25 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
This is the Aug. 11 Post-Gazette article with the update: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/high-school-football/wpial-rules-against-rogers-648511/
Just a reminder, comments are certainly welcome, as always, but please keep comments respectful and avoid personal insults.
Susan P.
12:09 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
It was an article in the Tribune Review, not the Post Gazette that had the quote about emotional bullying. My mistake.
Debby
12:14 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
http://triblive.com/sports/hssports/football/2376032-85/rogers-eligibility-gateway-junior-keystone-oaks-family-monroeville-wpial-appeal
Erin Faulk
12:27 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Ahh, ok. Thanks for posting. The Post-Gazette article is the one that came through in my Google Alerts. I'll check out the Trib article, too. Thanks!
Susan P.
11:32 am on Friday, August 24, 2012
Seems the PIAA doesn't follow their own rules, and has overturned the WPIAL's decision concerning Rogers. Amazing to me that last year Rogers watched a Gateway game on their sideline, but they insist he wasn't recruited or left for athletic intent. Why even bother having this rule if PIAA is always going to overturn the WPIAl decision.