MASSILLON – With the 2016 high school football season scheduled to kick off in less than two weeks, one of Northeast Ohio’s well known programs is in some trouble.
After an investigation by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the Massillon Washington Tigers football team has been issued several sanctions for recruiting violations by head coach Nate Moore.
The sanctions include a five thousand dollar fine and three years probation. Coach Moore will also be suspended from coaching in the state football playoffs if the Tigers qualify for postseason play.
Names of the players involved were not released publicly, but at least one of the players has been ruled ineligible for the entire 2016-2017 school year.
The violations began in the fall of 2015 when Moore took over as the Tigers head coach. Moore went 4-6 in his first season as the Tigers head coach. Massillon Washington begins the 2016 season on Friday August 26 with a road game against the Mentor Cardinals.
Paul
August 13, 2016 at 8:20 pm
#NateMooreguardianoftheyear This clearly recruiting, Thayer was missed lead and now can not play football. I bet some colleges will back off recruiting him now. Sad, he had a chance to win a 3rd State Championship at LaSalle.
Scott Piker
August 14, 2016 at 12:36 am
I didn’t know the name/names of the player(s) involved. Even if I did, I would have left their names out because I think it would be unfair to treat a high school athlete who just had his season taken away from them like dirt in public. Recruiting is a major problem in high school athletics and something needs to be done about it.