Four years ago when we started our Varsity program, we scheduled a game with “HTC.” Later I got a “heads up call” about them.
I thanked the person and asked if he had heard of another team, he said “yes we are playing them this year”,
So I told him that in the past, when we played that team with our previous schools’ Jr. High, they were playing freshman and sophomores on their Jr. High team. He was surprised, they are a Christian school”, “so is HTC”, I said.
Both organizations are still around and we don’t play either one, which as an Independent we are free to do. If we were in a conference with either, we could be FORCED to play them or forfeit. We would forfeit. To expose your kids to known threats to their health and safety is just plain wrong. It could also cost you your liability coverage and get you sued in the event of a serious injury that occurred during a game with them. Teams and organizations from the private sector do not enjoy the same type of immunity that our public school brethren do.