Seatle Washington HS team forfiets at halftime behind 48-0

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SavannahSixManFan

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In six man football it happens all the time... this from the newswires

It's not entirely unique when a high school football team forfeits a game. After all, scheduling issues arise, weather intervenes, and any among a host of other issues can throw off a scheduled matchup. Forfeiting a game at halftime, however, is a rare occurrence.

Yet that's precisely what happened last Friday in Washington state, where West Seattle pulled out a white flag of surrender at halftime during a game against O'Dea (Wash.) High School. Yes, the Wildcats were trailing 48-0 through two quarters, but the reason West Seattle coach Davis Lura called off the game wasn't because of the scoreboard. Rather, it was because of a sheer lack of players. Despite starting the season with a 36-member varsity squad, West Seattle was down to just 11 healthy players at halftime against O'Dea, a disaster scenario that was the product of academic ineligibility and six game-ending injuries in the first half.
 
Back a thousand years ago, Southland suited up 6 players for a game against us. They weren't at much of a disadvantage though. We had 7 suited up for that game.
 
Talking about being short handed, I remember at Rochelle when I went to school (back in the dark ages) the girls played 6 on 6 with three on three on each side of the court. We were one girl short one game but we had Linda Rogers and she still scored 50-60 points. We kept two girls on the offense side of the court. The other three played defense.
 
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