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Perkins ruled eligible to play sports by Pulaski Circuit Court For more than four months, Pulaski County High School sophomore John Perkins had stood on the sidelines watching his fellow classmates play in sports activities. Perkins was ruled ineligible by the KHSAA to play in an inter-scholastic athletics for a full year on August 13. But all that changed Monday (November 8) when a Pulaski Circuit Court Judge ruled that Perkins could participate in inter-scholastic athletic events at Pulaski County High School and granted a restraining order against the KHSAA and Pulaski County High School for prohibiting Perkins from doing so. “It was awful that it came down to (having a Circuit Court ruling),” said John Perkins, Sr. “My son and I are both excited that he finally gets to participate in sports now.” Perkins called his son at school as soon as he was contacted by his lawyer stating Perkins’ son was eligible to play sports at Pulaski County High School. “Not being able to play in sports was really taking a toll on my son’s mental attitude and it was even affecting his grades at school,” his father said. “He was ecstatic when I told him he was now eligible to play sports.” Perkins who will play football, basketball and baseball, missed the entire football season. With basketball practice already started, Perkins found himself standing around on another sideline watching until Tuesday night, when he practiced with the team for the first time this school year. “I found out John (Perkins) was ruled eligible on Monday, but I was not going to allow him to practice until I got approval from Principal Mike Deaton,” Pulaski Coach Dave Fraley said. But Fraley allowed Perkins to practice with the team, for the first time this season after he got a call from the Perkins’ lawyer on Tuesday. “He basically explained to me that by not allowing Perkins to practice with the rest of the team, I could be held in contempt of the circuit court judge’s ruling,” Fraley said. “Therefore on Tuesday, John was allowed to practice with the rest of the team.” “I was faced with the decision—I could be fired if I allowed John to practice without the principal’s approval or I could be put in jail by the courts if I didn’t allow John to practice,” Fraley said. “I guess I would rather be fired than put in jail.” Note: This article was originally printed in the Wednesday, November 10 edition of The Commonwealth-Journal, a sister CNHI publication. Add a comment |
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