Upon Kevin Boyle’s departure from St. Patrick’s to Montverde Academy, 2014 big man Dakari Johnson wanted to follow his coach. But he may have to pay the price.
According to Adam Zagoria, Johnson will have to sit out a season due to eligibility rules in the state of Florida. Here is an excerpt from ZagsBlog.com:
[QUOTE]According to Florida High School Athletic Association rules, a player following his coach to a different school is ineligible to compete for a year, Kesselring told the paper.
“The biggest thing is the kid is a great kid and is going to be a great player one day,” current Montverde and former St. Patrick coach [B]Kevin Boyle[/B] told SNY.tv by phone. “Obviously, we feel awful that he won’t be able to play this year. We had told him and his mom that this would be a possibility a couple months ago so they knew coming in that this was very much possible coming but they still thought it was advantageous. It’s a great school academically to come to. They knew well this could happen.”[/QUOTE]
There still hasn’t been any official word as to if Johnson will still opt to go to Montverde, but it looks like he will.
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