Inglewood Morningside football coach Brian Collins had no kind words for Inglewood High coaching staff on Saturday morning as he discussed his team’s 106-0 defeat to Sentinels in a game in which Inglewood defender Justyn Martin threw 13 assists, including two points. . converting passes with 104-0.
“It was a classless move,” said Collins, first coach at Morningside. “I told them, ‘Go play St. John Bosco and Mater Dei.'”
Collins said he is proud of his players for not resigning. He said the running hour only started in the second quarter despite attempts to switch to the current hour earlier. Inglewood led 59-0 after the first quarter.
“The judges asked them to run for an hour, but they refused,” Collins said.
Inglewood head coach Mil’Von James is in his third season. He was head coach at Hawkins in the city department until fired after the 2016 season when his team had to lose every win due to the use of ineligible players and the program was set at two years probation for breaking the rules. He has seven players on this year’s team who are committed to major universities. They are all transfer students.
James did not respond to an email asking for comment on the unusual victory.
Collins said he was surprised to see Martin, who committed to UCLA earlier in the week, play all the time.
“I wouldn’t do that to any team – keep your UCLA quarterback commitment until the end of the game and seize the opportunity with an injury,” he said. “It wasn’t good sportsmanship.”
Both schools are part of the single Inglewood School District. A statement issued by Southern Southern on Saturday “strongly condemns such results.”
Full statement: “The southern section of the CIF expects that all athletic competitions will be held under the strictest code of good sport. We expect coaches, players, officials, administrators and students to adhere to the six pillars of character – trust value, respect, responsibility, honesty, care and citizenship. A score of 106-0 does not represent these ideals. The CIF-SS strongly condemns such results. We expect the Inglewood administration to work to develop an action plan to ensure that an event like this does not happen again. “
This is not the first time the county team has been under scrutiny to achieve a result.
In 1990, Morningside’s Lisa Leslie reached 101 of her team’s 102 points in the first half of the girls basketball game against South Torrance. South Torrance refused to return after half-time to end the match. The final score was 102:24.
Collins said he will use the game as an off-season motivation for his players. Morningside ends the season 2-8. Inglewood is 8-0 and will play in the playoffs of the 2nd Division Southern Section.
“I’m going to print a really big score and put it in the weight room so they can see it every day and use it as a positive reminder,” Collins said.