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Aiken forfeits game to Dunbar
The Dunbar High School boys basketball team has received a forfeit win from Cincinnati Aiken, which refused to resume a rescheduled game on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
The game was postponed at halftime on Jan. 3 when a fight broke out among Aiken and Dunbar reserve players. Aiken led the varsity game 37-34 at the break.
As instructed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the contest was to resume at the point of interruption at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dunbar. Both schools had agreed that only parents and school administrators were to have been permitted to watch the completion of the game.
But on Monday, Aiken informed the OHSAA and Dunbar that it would forfeit instead.
“Aiken just doesn’t want to finish the game,” said Dayton Public Schools athletic director Jonas Smith.
“I don’t see safety as an issue. We had plenty of security lined up. You like to see all games finished.”
The forfeit win comes at the right moment for the Wolverines, who would have lugged a four-game losing streak into the rescheduled game. Instead, the skid is snapped and Dunbar improves to 10-5.
Smith indicated the Aiken-Dunbar non-league series likely won’t resume next season.
“At this point in time, I would say yes, it’s over,” Smith said. “I don’t see us playing again.”
Had Aiken returned to Dayton, it would have had to rent a bus, an extra expense not originally alloted for prior to the season. Cincinnati Public Schools do not own their own buses.
That constant transportation financial drain at least in part led to the demise two years ago of the Southwest Ohio Public League, which included all of Dayton’s and Cincinnati’s city teams. Transportation for Dayton City League teams is provided by DPS buses and mini vans.
The Aiken athletic department could not be contacted for comment.
Dunbar is a No. 3 seed in the upcoming Division II sectional tournament. The Wolverines host Stivers on Friday and play Wayne at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 at UD Arena.
Aiken (12-4) is a No. 9 seed in the D-I sectional.
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