Wilson High School booted from Turkey Bowl

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Woodrow Wilson Senior High School’s football team has been barred from the city’s annual Turkey Bowl for having on the team a student who wasn’t a resident of the District.

A D.C. Public Schools investigation found that an ineligible Wilson student was playing on the football team and after reviewing tapes of game, school administrators and coaches determined the student had played in two games. Wilson was forced to forfeit both games, making them ineligible for the playoffs.

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