LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Shane Israel rushed for 90 yards and three touchdowns to lead the way for Lexington Catholic to win the 3A state championship 45-21 over Bowling Green Saturday.
How'd they do it?
Lexington Catholic lacks "institutional control" over its athletics program, according to documents released today by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.
In a letter to the private school's principal, KHSAA Commissioner Brigid DeVries placed the school on two years' probation, fined it nearly $31,000, forced it to forfeit games and will limit its number of games in football and baseball.
The letter named at least nine students who may have been given what the KHSAA called inappropriate financial aid from 2001 to 2004. The names of the students were blacked out in the documents requested and received by the Herald-Leader.
Upon receiving the letter from the KHSAA in November, Lexington Catholic Principal Sally Stevens acknowledged that the school faced stiff penalties, but complete details of the sanctions were not released until today.
DeVries also verbally reprimanded the school for not coming forward with information during the KHSAA's initial investigation into the school, which ended in June.
She said in the letter, dated Nov. 15, that the initial investigation into the program and this one were "inextricably linked together."
Had Lexington Catholic provided accurate information during the first investigation, DeVries said her organization would have found violations and the current investigation "would have been unnecessary."
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