Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody files injunction against MIAA over playoff ban
PEABODY - Bishop Fenwick High School is taking the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to court after the school was banned from the playoffs.
All of Bishop Fenwick's sports teams are banned from the postseason this year because they repeatedly broke student eligibility rules. In one incident, the MIAA said Bishop Fenwick allowed a seventh-grader on its varsity baseball team. In another incident, administrators were allegedly dishonest about a player's eligibility when granting a fifth-year athletic waiver.
The school, which is located in Peabody, filed an injunction against the MIAA on Friday to force a judge to decide if the punishment is justified.
The school said they were not trying to cheat or lie when they made the eligibility errors. Their appeal of the ban was denied by the MIAA back in August.