High school football team cancels season after being outscored 102-0 in first two games

TheComputerGroup · Sep 3, 2018

Some losses you just don't come back from. The Healdsburg High Greyhounds out of Healdsburg, California, are figuring that out at a young age, as the high school football team voted to cancel its season after losing its first two games by a cumulative score of 102-0. The Greyhounds have a legacy as a good football school in Northern California, but the team fielded only 18 players this year. It lost its first game 41-0 before dropping its second 61-0.

Six players left the team after the second game, barely leaving enough for a full unit on the field. The AD and coach Dave Stine held a team meeting, in which the principal Bill Halliday told The Washington Post he implored the team not to quit.

"They had a long talk about commitment and what that means and about quitting. Once you quit, it becomes easier to do it," Halliday said. "It was all the things coaches are supposed to say."

When Stine called a vote on whether or not to end the season, a decision wasn't reached. Upon an anonymous vote, the team decided to end the season by a 7-4 margin.

It's not how you want your season to end, and it's undoubtedly frustrating for the teams scheduled against the Greyhounds. However, for 12 kids in high school, going out and getting drubbed every week probably isn't the best way to spend a Friday night.

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TheComputerGroup · Sep 3, 2018

What a way to show players to quit when the going gets tough.

StevieRay · Sep 3, 2018

California. That says it all

joebatters · Sep 3, 2018

StevieRay said:
California. That says it all

lol...that is a crazy article. If I read it right, it says that the school is hoping for better things next year when the on-site vineyard opens up.

Willie99 · Sep 3, 2018

I don't think the school encouraged it, the players wanted out

It's a generation that likes to quit, scream at the sky, lick toilets and be offended. And this is on the parents, not just the kids that voted to quit but the 6 kids that already had quit as well

They'll be remembered as quitting for the rest of their lives, it's NOT a story they'll tell their kids and their grand-kids

sinkhole · Sep 3, 2018

The team never had enough players and should have dropped out long before the football season began.

Nothing good was going to come out of fielding a team that was more then 20 members short of members.

Cheddar · Sep 3, 2018

The Computer Group said:
What a way to show players to quit when the going gets tough.

Give me a break, they had 12 kids. That is not safe to send kids out to play both ways all game. Our high school only had about 20 kids every year and they dropped down to 8 man. Much safer and much more competitive

StevieRay · Sep 3, 2018

But wonder why more kids didn’t try out? Prob had 45 boys in the band

joebatters · Sep 3, 2018

Yeah really..there's probably a 1:1 player/cheerleader ratio here. What high school kid wouldn't sign up for that?

CoolBreeze22 · Sep 3, 2018

Wow. People coming down way to hard on the kids IMO. You guys do realize they don't even have enough players to simulate real game situations in practice? How are they going to get better when they can't even practice real plays with the appropriate # of players on the field?

niltes · Sep 3, 2018

they are in california, it is all it takes for some to bash anyone let alone high school kids.

Willie99 · Sep 3, 2018

Some high school teams play most of their kids both ways, the coach is just concerned about winning. High school kids could play both ways, and then you recruit a few more bodies

Remember, it's the kids THAT VOTED TO QUIT. The administration wanted to salvage to season and I'm trust they would have taken measures to improve the situation

niltes · Sep 3, 2018

suppose that the six that quit were their better players. that's a frightening thought.

bodyforlife · Sep 3, 2018

sinkhole said:
The team never had enough players and should have dropped out long before the football season began.

Nothing good was going to come out of fielding a team that was more then 20 members short of members.

Cheddar said:
Give me a break, they had 12 kids. That is not safe to send kids out to play both ways all game. Our high school only had about 20 kids every year and they dropped down to 8 man. Much safer and much more competitive

I'll agree with these comments. Nothing good was going to come of this (probably more likely to have a serious injury). And as tough as people like to talk on the internet, I'd imagine if we could raise the curtain on the people behind the computers, we'd find some to be overweight, and probably more to be obese. I've been seeing it for over 20 years now at all the gyms I've worked at. They're affectionately called the "resolution people". You know the ones I'm talking about. They come in January 1st with guns blazing at how this is the year they finally get back into shape, and they're gone within a month. Any of you been to the bash? How many people would you say are in good shape of the posters that attend? Been to a reunion lately? How do those high schoolers look now. Right now, based on the charts (percent of obesity is color coded), there's plenty of quitting going on (mostly adults). Congrats to Colorado (the only stand alone).

thetout · Sep 3, 2018

only12 kids against a full squad. that's kind of messed up. I wouldn't have quit just set new goals. like can we just get a score. loved playing football win or lose.

FairWarning · Sep 3, 2018

My HS was in the same situation back in the 90’s and did the same thing. There was a article in SI about it also.

joebatters · Sep 3, 2018

I think that there are a lot of High Schools that are faced with this situation every year. Baseball too, even. But usually you can keep the tradition going. It just takes a little more effort on everybody's part. I coached HS baseball a long time ago and we had to recruit all the time. Usually what does the trick is the 'if you don't play we can't field a team' card. Then somebody will usually step up for their buddies, school spirit etc. Sometimes kids with very little athleticism, who never played a sport before end up playing and really enjoying it. So that's always cool when that happens.
Plus when you are that age and love a certain sport, that's what you look forward to and the season seems like it takes forever to get here. It may be the only reason they don't drop out. That would definitely suck for those kids.

MattyMatt · Sep 3, 2018

Cheddar said:
Give me a break, they had 12 kids. That is not safe to send kids out to play both ways all game. Our high school only had about 20 kids every year and they dropped down to 8 man. Much safer and much more competitive

Nothing wrong with 8 man foots. Gaines Adams was a beast, RIP...

Albatross · Sep 3, 2018

Must be a small school

CMac · Sep 4, 2018

perhaps they should stop keeping score, that'll make everyone feel better....

https://www.athleticbusiness.com/no-score-youth-sports-policies-gaining-popularity.html ..
WTF is wrong with people!!!! NO SCORE IN SPORTS... ARGHHHH!!!

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