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Georgia High School Football Team Forfeits Three Wins, On Outside Of Playoff Projections

SI Feed·Dana Becker·about 16 hours ago
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A Georgia high school football team sits outside the list of playoff qualifiers following the forfeit of three victories.

According to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Douglas County High School has been forced to forfeit three victories. The three wins came during the month of September when the Tigers used two ineligible players.

Douglas County will make no further appeals, the report states, taking the three wins off its record. They are now 2-6 on the season after entering the week 5-3.

Before the forfeits, the Tigers were ranked 18th in the Maxwell Ratings calculations, which are used to determine the 32 playoff qualifiers in Class 7A for Georgia high school football.

Now, Douglas County sits in 36th, outside of the qualifying group.

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