#9 Katy allowed to continue in playoffs after using ineligible player

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher December 3, 2015

The University Interscholastic League voted 3-0 on Thursday to put nationally-ranked Katy on one year probation, but not bounce the Tigers from their current playoff run for using an ineligible player in last week’s game.

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Katy, currently ranked #9 in the High School Football America National Top 25, could have been forced to forfeit last week’s win, but according to KHOU.com, the committee was impressed with the “diligence Katy showed in its documentation.”

Friday night, the Tigers will play Manvel in the Class 6A Division II state quarterfinals.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.

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