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(Picture: Shutterstock / David Lee)A losing coach chastised a California high school football team for lacking sportsmanship after running up the score to 106-0.
On Friday night, Inglewood High School, with seven players being pursued by college teams, scored 59 points in the first quarter against Monarch High School before adding another 57 points in the second quarter.
On Saturday, Morningside coach Brian Collins said that the score was “a classless move.”
”Go play St. John Bosco and Mater Dei,” Collins said, alluding to two primary California high schools that would be tough to beat.
Inglewood quarterback Justyn Martin threw 13 touchdowns, including a two-point conversion pass with a 104-0 advantage, to add salt to the wound of its city rival.
PHOTOS: Inglewood's Justyn Martin sets CA record with 13 TD passes in 106-0 winhttps://t.co/yLBRWE2TEw pic.twitter.com/uzHQSXLrSi
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) October 30, 2021
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The team scored so many points that the scoreboard at El Camino College, where the game was played, couldn’t reflect the total.
Instead, the final score was 6-0 on the board.
This violates everything you want from a leader of a HS team . How can anyone in their right mind defend the Coach of Inglewood ? He is up 104-0 & goes for 2 pt conversion to win 106-0 .@JayBilas @KirkHerbstreit @cbfowler https://t.co/XfgdbzoT5P
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) October 31, 2021
With a tweet of the final score and a shout-out to Martin for tossing 13 touchdown passes, “the most a high school football game has seen in 100 years,” ESPN lauded Martin’s accomplishment against the opponent.
Famous ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, on the other hand, swiftly lambasted the institution and the head coach Mil’Von James.
“This violates everything you want from a leader of a [high school] team. How can anyone in their right mind defend the Coach of Inglewood? He is up 104-0 & goes for 2 pt conversion to win 106-0,” Vitale remarked in a tweet.
James, a former UNLV standout who was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns in 2008 but never played in an NFL game, has been silent on the matter.
Others on Twitter, on the other hand, did not hold back.
How can the Coaching staff of INGLEWOOD HS California feel good about themselves ?They beat MORNINGSIDE HS 106-0.Their QB threw for 13 TD’s & while up 104-0 THEY GO FOR 2 ! SICKENING & a DISGRACE to the Title of COACH! Congrats on teaching good sportsmanship .U SHOULD BE FIRED!
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) October 31, 2021
Why did Inglewood hire a coach that was fired at Hawkins for breaking CIF rules? What’s with that? What’s that saying about football doesn’t build character, it reveals it? Coach shouldn’t have been hired.
— Paula Hess (@PaulaHess11) October 31, 2021
This clearly demonstrates the lack of class of the Inglewood coaching staff. It makes a travesty of the game of and a direct attack on the integrity of the sport of football. So much for the football field being an extension of the classroom.
— David B (@lagunasurf92651) October 30, 2021
No one was upset at Inglewood football when they was getting beat by 60/50/40… But now people want them to stop playing football and coach to be fired because they kept playing hard? The game should’ve been stopped at halftime… It was obvious that it was over! 🤷🏽♂️
— RD Lau 🇵🇦 (@ReekLaw) October 31, 2021
Ay Inglewood High football team just beat Morning Side 106-0? Shut they whole program down. Give the money to the art kids.
— Stilo (Mr. Algorithm) (@yungestilos) October 31, 2021
The Inglewood Unified School District, which controls both schools, also commented on the rout, saying it was “saddened beyond words” by the game’s turnout and vowing for a thorough investigation.
IUSD statement regarding Inglewood H.S vs. Morningside H. S. October 29th Game! #WeAreInglewoodUnified pic.twitter.com/SXpNaEs0zS
— Inglewood Unified School District (@INGUSD) October 31, 2021
Some argue that the referee should have intervened earlier in the game and applied the ‘mercy rule,’ which would have brought the match to a close sooner.
Inglewood was condemned by the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section for its lack of sportsmanship.
“The CIF-SS condemns, in the strongest terms, results such as these. It is our expectation that the Inglewood administration will work towards putting in place an action plan so that an event such as this does not repeat itself,” the CIF Southern Section said.
According to USA Today, Morningside’s season has concluded, with a record of 2-8, whereas Inglewood, with an 8-0 record will compete in the Southern Section Division 2 playoffs.
