Coming from a small town as I do, it still seems completely incongruent to see the term "recruiting" tied to high school athletics. But there is recruiting at the big-time programs and some shady activities have led the Missouri State High School Activities Association to strip St. Louis Vashon of three state basketball titles. Geesh, this never would have happened in Red Oak, Iowa. Though conference rival Harlan has had a ridiculously successful football program going back three decades, so you have to wonder...
The news means that Liberty and Kearney both will have a state title added to their respective dossiers -- on paper. I doubt that the players and coaches from those teams feel any more like state champions than they did yesterday. That's not to take anything away from those teams who both had tremendous seasons. But these kind of after-the-fact gestures just ring hollow, whether it's high school or college.
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