Northeast Nodaway did not field a junior high boys team for their home tournament last week because four out of their eight players were declared ineligible for athletic competition due to grades. High School Principal Jeremy Covey said that the decision was made in accordance with policies contained in the Northeast Nodaway High School Handbook. He said that the school had been upfront with the students about the consequences. Covey explained that the students had been given one month to remove their "F" grades, which they had failed to do; he said that their remedial work had involved mandatory tudoring in the subjects that they were getting the low grades in. "They knew ahead of time what the consequences were going to be," he said. "It was not fair to the other four students who were getting good grades that they did this."
Covey said that Northeast's policies are higher than MSHSAA standards; he said that students were required to have passing grades (D or higher) in all their courses. "We hold our students to a higher standard than MSHSAA because we know that our students are capable of passing all their classes," he said.
The removal of Northeast Nodaway's Junior High boys from the tournament also affected Worth County; the Tigers were to have played the Bluejays in a rematch of the barnburner between the two teams earlier this month. Instead, Worth County had to play Maryville, whom they lost to by 30 points. The Tigers went on to win consolation by beating South Nodaway.
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