Bakersfields Foothill High School erupts after having 7-0 record stripped by the CIF

Seven games, seven victories… and now none of them count.The football team of Foothill High School was stripped of its undefeated status this week after the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) ruled that the Bakersfield-area team had fielded two ineligible players. The team had to forfeit all of its seven victories.Mike Biezard, the school’s athletic director, said that the CIF had originally cleared both players to compete but the school received a letter from the governing body that reversed the course and declared the players ineligible.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Biezard told ABC News that schools don’t verify a student’s submitted address and that job falls to the CIF.He said that the exact reason why the federation opened a probe into the two players remains a mystery.It is also currently unclear which eligibility rules were violated by the players and the team.The punishment didn’t sit well with the team’s kicker, Rolando Correa, who said the CIF’s actions aren’t helping anyone.“I feel like it’s not right just to go to high schools and ruin their seasons.

I feel like they should just let kids play ball,” he told the news outlet. Earlier this month, Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield also had to forfeit four of its five wins for similar reasons. California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!The CIF had previously cleared brothers Carter and Bryce Hanson Garces, who transferred from rival Liberty High School in the offseason, but later reversed its decisi...