The second transcript was sent after Alabama compliance officials called Hoover saying the player — identified by the paper as freshman Josh Chapman — was unexpectedly ineligible, according to the high school's former principal.
The grade change was "an honest mistake," said Richard Bishop, who has sued the school system over his firing as principal.
Progress report: Summer is winding down, which means I need to get moving on site updates and upgrades in between shifts at my new part-time gig with FOXSports.com.
You'll note that I've started making additions and updates in the reference section of NewYorkSportswriters.org. Work on that will continue through the weekend, followed by an overhaul of the links pages.
I'll also be making relatively minor changes to the site's home page to accommodate the NYSSWA's Blog Squad, which launches today with the first entry from Mark Maier, an assistant football coach at St. Anthony's.
Extra points: Shenise Johnson, the all-state first-team pick who has carried Rush-Henrietta to two straight state Class AA girls basketball championships, has narrowed her list of college possibilities to Georgia, LSU, Boston College, Miami (Fla.) and Syracuse. . . . RISE Magazine, a sports and lifestyle magazine for teen athletes, will launch a female-focused counterpart, GIRL, next month. It will be distributed to head coaches of female high school sports teams and an estimated circulation of 300,000.
Chain reaction: In Section 5, Chris Ells has left Mercy to become AD at Greece Arcadia. The Arcadia job opened up when Mike Giruzzi left for the AD position at Hilton. . . . Nyack has appointed Mike Ramponi as boys varsity basketball coach. . . . Bill Bowe has been dropped as baseball coach at McQuaid after a 67-12 record over three seasons. He has 240 other wins from his time at Canandaigua.
