The Inglewood High School football team closed an epic Friday night game with a record 106 points, defeating their scoreless opponent whose coach had choice words for the rival team.
Morningside High School held steady on the scoreboard, losing 106-0.
“It was a classless move,” first-year head coach Brian Collins told the Los Angeles Times, noting how Inglewood’s star quarterback — who committed to UCLA last week — risked injury by playing the entire game. “It wasn’t good sportsmanship.”
Collins said he encouraged his players not to give up despite the insurmountable odds.
Both Inglewood and Morningside fall within the Inglewood Unified School District.
“What message was this staff teaching last night? Sad,” tweeted Matt Poston, head football coach at Tesoro High School in Ladarea Ranch.
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In a statement, the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section – the governing body for Soutern California high school athletics – condemned the gameplay.
“The CIF Southern Section expects that all athletic contests are to be conducted under the strictest code of good sportsmanship. We expect coaches, players, officials, administrators and students to adhere to the Six Pillars of Character – Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship,” the statement read. “A score of 106-0 does not represent these ideals. The CIF-SS condemns, in the strongest terms, results such as these. It is our expectation that the Inglewood administration will work towards putting in place an action plan so that an event such as this does not repeat itself.”
Collins said he planned to post the game score on the wall as a daily motivator for his players.
“I’m going to print out the score real big and put it in the weight room so they can see it every day and use it as positive reminder,” Collins told the Times.
In 1990, future WNBA legend Lisa Leslie scored more than 100 points for Morningside High School in the first 16 minutes of a basketball game. The other team refused to continue playing after halftime.