Team forced to forfeit due to religious observance
The Oakwood Adventist Academy varsity boys basketball team has had it’s best season in school history – now the team is forfeiting its spot in the regional semi-finals for religious reasons.…
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The regional semi-final game is scheduled for Saturday, February 19th at 4:30 p.m. However, the team will have to forfeit due to a religious observance. The Adventist faith observes the Sabbath from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday. The game’s start time is before the sunset on Saturday.
The school reached out to the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) to ask if they could get their game switched to the 7:30 p.m. timeslot. Another pair of teams in the division are already scheduled to play at that time.
Morton says they reached out to those teams, and they were fine with a switch; however, the AHSAA was not.
