Two years after finishing a perfect 9-0 regular season and advancing to the first round of Illinois 7A playoffs, Whitney Young (Chicago) is cancelling the rest of the 2017 season due to a lack of players.
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the school’s principal Dr. Joyce Kenner made the announcement late Monday afternoon. The Dolphins currently only had 19 active players, according to the Sun Times. The Chicago Public Schools mandate that a team must have 22 active players.
Whitney Young forfeited its game against Goode on September 8 and lost its other four games by a combined score of 229-0.
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.
