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EVERETT, WASHINGTON - In the world of Friday night lights and high school football, is it possible to be "too good"??
In Everett, Washington, one powerhouse team outscored opponents 170-to zero in their first three football games this season. Now other teams in their conference would rather forfeit than get pummeled.
A somber team from powerful Archbishop Murphy High School gathered to express their disappointment after their last three opponents refused to play them.
Jerry Jensen, the school's Athletic Director said "There's still unknowns like was mentioned. We don't know what's going to happen next week."
But parents of some players at Cedar Park Christian High won't allow them to face the much bigger, stronger Archbishop Murphy, the next game on the schedule. Some wrote e-mails saying: "We are in agreement that to play Archbishop Murphy would compromise the best interest and safety of the players and be demoralizing by the certain and devastating defeat."
Another wrote: "Football is a dangerous sport, however this is an extreme and unnecessary risk that you are putting our sons in."
Some were even upset that the school didn't forfeit immediately, saying: "Please know that we will not be allowing our sons to suit up for the Archbishop game next Friday the fourteenth."
Joey Johnson, is the Athletic Director at nearby Granite Falls High School. They also skipped out on a game. "We made a decision based on the health and welfare of our kids," says Johnson. Stacey Morris is a parent of one of the players and she agreed: "We can't put our 5-foot-8, 125-pound quarterback up against their nose tackle who happens to be 6'5" and weighs over 330 pounds. He's going to put that kid in the hospital."
Archbishop Murphy is loaded with big division one college recruits like 6-foot-8, 2-hundred and sixty-five pound junior Abe Lucas. Lucas says, "I'm just ready to get back on the field and start playing again with all my boys."
Fellow Archbishop Murphy player Jackson Yost agrees, saying that "we can't focus on what other schools do and we just have to focus on what we need to do to prepare for the next upcoming game.
EVERETT, WASHINGTON - In the world of Friday night lights and high school football, is it possible to be "too good"??
In Everett, Washington, one powerhouse team outscored opponents 170-to zero in their first three football games this season. Now other teams in their conference would rather forfeit than get pummeled.
A somber team from powerful Archbishop Murphy High School gathered to express their disappointment after their last three opponents refused to play them.
Jerry Jensen, the school's Athletic Director said "There's still unknowns like was mentioned. We don't know what's going to happen next week."
But parents of some players at Cedar Park Christian High won't allow them to face the much bigger, stronger Archbishop Murphy, the next game on the schedule. Some wrote e-mails saying: "We are in agreement that to play Archbishop Murphy would compromise the best interest and safety of the players and be demoralizing by the certain and devastating defeat."
Another wrote: "Football is a dangerous sport, however this is an extreme and unnecessary risk that you are putting our sons in."
Some were even upset that the school didn't forfeit immediately, saying: "Please know that we will not be allowing our sons to suit up for the Archbishop game next Friday the fourteenth."
Joey Johnson, is the Athletic Director at nearby Granite Falls High School. They also skipped out on a game. "We made a decision based on the health and welfare of our kids," says Johnson. Stacey Morris is a parent of one of the players and she agreed: "We can't put our 5-foot-8, 125-pound quarterback up against their nose tackle who happens to be 6'5" and weighs over 330 pounds. He's going to put that kid in the hospital."
Archbishop Murphy is loaded with big division one college recruits like 6-foot-8, 2-hundred and sixty-five pound junior Abe Lucas. Lucas says, "I'm just ready to get back on the field and start playing again with all my boys."
Fellow Archbishop Murphy player Jackson Yost agrees, saying that "we can't focus on what other schools do and we just have to focus on what we need to do to prepare for the next upcoming game.
