Spring Break
Dallas team suffers a 100-point loss
Kellen Holtzman
Issue date: 1/27/09 Section: Sports
If you grew up playing organized sports, you can probably relate to experiencing the ultimate highs and lows of competition.
Last week, a high school girl's basketball team in Dallas experienced the ultimate low: an embarrassing, 100-0 defeat.
Dallas Academy's loss was so embarrassing that The Covenant School apologized for its dominant performance, going so far as to seek a forfeit, which would overturn their win.
But on Sunday, Covenant took matters a step further when it fired Head Coach Micah Grimes after he sent an e-mail to the Dallas Morning News, refusing to apologize for his team's win.
Witnesses of the drubbing maintain that Covenant, a private Christian school, applied full court pressure and shot 3-pointers until the team reached 100 points with four minutes to play in the game.
In a statement released on Covenant's school Web site, Kyle Queal, head of school at Covenant, called the win "shameful," saying "a victory without honor is a great loss."
Some might be wondering how a high school team can manage to play an entire game without scoring a single point.
You would think at some point in the game, a Dallas Academy player would somehow find themselves wide open under the basket or get fouled and make a free throw.
No. There were no "gimmes" to be had in this game. Thirty-two minutes played and zero points scored.
Dallas Academy's team has only eight girls on its roster, in a high school that has a total of only 20 girls roaming its halls. In comparison, the boy's team has over 100 boys to choose from in the school and has enjoyed much greater success than the girls' squad.
In fact, the Dallas Academy boy's team followed the embarrassing loss by the girl's team with a 50-38 win over the same Covenant school.
Dallas Academy prides itself on its small class sizes and specializes in helping students with learning disabilities.
Edd Burleson, the director of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, berated Covenant's coach.
Last week, a high school girl's basketball team in Dallas experienced the ultimate low: an embarrassing, 100-0 defeat.
Dallas Academy's loss was so embarrassing that The Covenant School apologized for its dominant performance, going so far as to seek a forfeit, which would overturn their win.
But on Sunday, Covenant took matters a step further when it fired Head Coach Micah Grimes after he sent an e-mail to the Dallas Morning News, refusing to apologize for his team's win.
Witnesses of the drubbing maintain that Covenant, a private Christian school, applied full court pressure and shot 3-pointers until the team reached 100 points with four minutes to play in the game.
In a statement released on Covenant's school Web site, Kyle Queal, head of school at Covenant, called the win "shameful," saying "a victory without honor is a great loss."
Some might be wondering how a high school team can manage to play an entire game without scoring a single point.
You would think at some point in the game, a Dallas Academy player would somehow find themselves wide open under the basket or get fouled and make a free throw.
No. There were no "gimmes" to be had in this game. Thirty-two minutes played and zero points scored.
Dallas Academy's team has only eight girls on its roster, in a high school that has a total of only 20 girls roaming its halls. In comparison, the boy's team has over 100 boys to choose from in the school and has enjoyed much greater success than the girls' squad.
In fact, the Dallas Academy boy's team followed the embarrassing loss by the girl's team with a 50-38 win over the same Covenant school.
Dallas Academy prides itself on its small class sizes and specializes in helping students with learning disabilities.
Edd Burleson, the director of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, berated Covenant's coach.
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