CRACKDOWN ON VAN NUYS : IRREGULARITIES FOUND IN TWO SPORTS.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer The Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. girls' volleyball team has been banned from the 1997 playoffs because it used an ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. player in this year's postseason. In addition, the City Section Rules Committee determined the girls' team violated two rules regarding offseason contact between athletes and coaches, resulting in the dismissal of an assistant coach. An assistant boys' soccer coach also was dismissed, and the entire Van Nuys athletic department has been placed on one year's probation. The Rules Committee's decision came after it investigated Sharon Foster's transfer from Village Christian to Van Nuys in the spring. Van Nuys was forced out of this year's volleyball playoffs after Foster's ineligibility INELIGIBILITY. The incapacity to be lawfully elected. 2. This incapacity arises from various, causes, and a person may be incapable of being elected to one office who may, be elected to another; the incapacity may also be perpetual or temporary. was discovered. She had moved in with an aunt and should have been limited to junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. competition, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. City Section rules. Furthermore, Cal State Northridge's women's volleyball team may have committed an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association rules violation because Van Nuys assistant coach Tuong Nguyen helped coach at Northridge while also coaching at Van Nuys. The committee determined Nguyen had more than 20 hours of offseason contact with Van Nuys players, which violates two section rules. Nguyen heads the Valley Thunder club program that is based at the high school. Many of the Van Nuys players also belong to the Valley Thunder. Nguyen has been banned from coaching until the fall of 1998, Van Nuys principal Russ Thompson said. Nguyen still can run the Valley Thunder, and the players can play for him because the club and high school seasons are separate. Thompson said exactly how Nguyen will stay away from the players during next season has not been determined. ``Right now, it's offseason. It's not an issue,'' Thompson said. Van Nuys' probation lasts until Dec. 3, 1997. Thompson said he wouldn't comment on the committee's rulings or on whether the school will appeal until he had spoken to commissioner Barbara Fiege. Boys' soccer assistant coach Raul Paredes has been dismissed for holding illegal practices. Northridge athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Paul Bubb said the investigation into Nguyen's involvement with the Matadors is on hold until today, when associate athletic director Judy Brame returns from traveling with the volleyball team, which participated in the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
``We're doing what we can to find out his background,'' Bubb said of Nguyen. |
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