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High schools will vote on challenge to MHSAA's age-limit rule
Detroit Free Press
AP By Mick McCabe Eric Dompierre may be allowed to play football and basketball in his senior year after all. The Michigan High School Athletic Association's representative council announced today it is asking its member schools to approve a proposal ...

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Austin American-Statesman
Michigan High Schooler With Down Syndrome Might Get to Play Basketball Despite ...
Forbes
1 can't play sports at member schools. This, despite Dompierre being 19 as a high school senior only because he started elementary school at a later age, a result of his Down syndrome. However, the MHSAA issued a news release, following a spring ...
High schools will vote on challenge to MHSAA's age-limit ruleBattle Creek Enquirer
Mich. schools to vote on whether sports age-limit rule can be lifted for ...Washington Post
Mich. schools to vote on lifting sports age limitSeattle Post Intelligencer
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Mich. schools to vote on lifting sports age limit
SI.com
(AP) - The council that governs high school sports in Michigan recommended Monday that the age limit for sports eligibility be lifted under certain circumstances, a move that would let a 19-year-old with Down syndrome play football and basketball his ...
Michigan high schools set to vote on age issue for athleticsThe Detroit News
High schools to vote on age limit in athleticsminbcnews.com
Staudt: MHSAA would be better off resolving eligibility issueLansing State Journal
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Michigan high schooler with Down syndrome gets new shot at playing hoops
Fox News
A Michigan high school student with Down syndrome deemed too old to play basketball in his upcoming senior season may get a shot after all, FoxNews.com has learned. Eric Dompierre, a 19-year-old junior at Ishpeming High School, received new hope on ...

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Senate urges MHSAA to change age limit
Detroit Free Press
The resolution urges the Michigan High School Athletic Association to consider adding a waiver for students with disabilities to its rule that prohibits high school students from competing in athletics if their 19th birthday occurs before Sept.
Family to testify in MHSAA rule hearingEscanaba Daily Press
Mich. student with disability asks to play sportsThe Associated Press
Mich. Student With Down Syndrome Fights for Athletic EligibilityEducation Week News (blog)

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Sisk among talent seeking gold
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Now the versatile senior hopes to record an impressive double in this weekend's MHSAA state track and field championships at Pearl High School. Sisk, a Murray State basketball signee, has the state's top performances in the girls long jump (18 feet, ...

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Metro + state: State Legislature asks MHSAA to alter age rule
Detroit Free Press
Both houses of the state Legislature sent a letter to the Michigan High School Athletic Association on Friday, asking the high school sports governing body to revise its age-eligibility rule so that Ishpeming senior Eric Dompierre can play sports ...
Eric Dompierre, Michigan Student With Down Syndrome, Fights To Play High ...Huffington Post
Mich. student with Down syndrome urges lawmakers to reconsider age limit for ...Washington Post
Senate supports waiver for raising HS sports age limitWZZM

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