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Hoover girls basketball team gets trophy in private ceremony: 'Our team knew the rules,' coach says [View all]
https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2023/03/hoover-coach-defends-not-giving-girls-basketball-team-a-trophy-our-team-knew-the-rules.htmlHoover girls basketball team gets trophy in private ceremony: ‘Our team knew the rules,’ coach says
Updated: Mar. 06, 2023, 5:56 p.m. | Published: Mar. 06, 2023, 4:35 p.m.
By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com
The girls’ basketball team that did not receive a trophy despite defeating an all-boys’ team in the title game of a Hoover recreational league was not treated unfairly under the league’s rules, their coach said Monday.
Wes Russell coached the fifth-grade girls who won the tournament in the Hoover rec league, where all the other teams were comprised of fifth-grade boys. Russell said in a statement issued by the city of Hoover that the squad were not victims of unfair treatment.
“Social media posts have negatively portrayed the rules and policies of the City of Hoover Parks and Recreation as somehow unfairly treating girls versus boys,” Russell said.
However, in a private ceremony on Monday “received a trophy and commemorative coin” from Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato.
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Updated: Mar. 06, 2023, 5:56 p.m. | Published: Mar. 06, 2023, 4:35 p.m.
By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com
The girls’ basketball team that did not receive a trophy despite defeating an all-boys’ team in the title game of a Hoover recreational league was not treated unfairly under the league’s rules, their coach said Monday.
Wes Russell coached the fifth-grade girls who won the tournament in the Hoover rec league, where all the other teams were comprised of fifth-grade boys. Russell said in a statement issued by the city of Hoover that the squad were not victims of unfair treatment.
“Social media posts have negatively portrayed the rules and policies of the City of Hoover Parks and Recreation as somehow unfairly treating girls versus boys,” Russell said.
However, in a private ceremony on Monday “received a trophy and commemorative coin” from Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato.
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