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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Narbonne football team banned from City Section playoffs for three years
The City Section announced Wednesday that the Narbonne High football team has been banned from the playoffs for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 seasons because of rule violations, and all the school's sports programs have s been placed on probation through the 2027-28 school year. Narbonne also has to vacate its 2024 football title. Narbonne's football team was found to have ineligible players last season, but the revelation came after the playoff seedings had been announced, forcing the City Section to let the Gauchos compete. They won the Open Division championship. Now the punishment is being handed down. Advertisement The City Section determined that Narbonne violated CIF Bylaw 202 (Accurate Information) and CIF Bylaw 510 (Undue Influence, Pre-Enrollment Contact) during the football season. Narbonne also was punished for ineligible players in 2018 and 2019. Last fall a group of Marine League coaches sent a letter to the City Section alleging rule violations and refused to play the Gauchos in protest. The City Section has told Narbonne it can appeal the postseason ban after the 2025-26 school year "depending upon the school's documentation of successful compliance of all CIF bylaws." The school, which also had problems with forfeits in other sports, hired a new football coach in Doug Bledsoe, who has vowed to rebuild the program. Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Narbonne football team banned from City Section playoffs for three years
The City Section announced on Wednesday that the Narbonne High football team has been banned from participating in the playoffs for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 seasons because of rule violations and the entire sports program has been placed on probation through the 2027-28 school year. Narbonne also has to vacate its 2024 football title. Narbonne's football team was found to have multiple players ineligible last season after the playoff seedings had been announced, forcing the City Section to let the Gauchos compete. They won the Open Division championship. Now the punishment is being enforced. The City Section determined that Narbonne violated CIF Bylaw 202 (Accurate Information) and CIF Bylaw 510 (Undue Influence, Pre-Enrollment Contact) during the 2024 football season. Narbonne was also punished for ineligible players in 2018 and 2019. A group of Marine League coaches refused to play the Gauchos in league play last fall. The City Section has told Narbonne it can appeal the postseason ban after the 2025-26 school year 'depending upon the school's documentation of successful compliance of all CIF bylaws.' The school also had problems with forfeits in other sports. The school has hired a new football coach in Doug Bledsoe, who has vowed to rebuild from the ground up.
Los Angeles Times
21-02-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Prep talk: Doug Bledsoe embraces challenge of being new football coach at Narbonne
Doug Bledsoe, a former head football coach at Dorsey, University, North Hollywood and Pasadena, was asked why he wanted to become the head coach at Narbonne, a school that won't be eligible for next season's City Section football playoffs after sanctions for playing ineligible players. 'Somebody has to do it,' he said. 'Honestly, it's really a privilege and honor to come back to the City Section. I'm a City guy born and raised.' Narbonne won the Open Division title, then was punished for having seven ineligible players. It was the latest issues involving a football program that lost most of its players and was banned from the 2019 and 2020 playoffs following a similar situation. Bledsoe knows he'll be inheriting another depleted team. 'It means our staff and the kids who stay get an opportunity to build a new foundation,' he said. 'I love the area, love the new administration coming in.' Bledsoe served as an assistant last season at Salesian and before that was an assistant at Burroughs. He's also coached at Compton College and Pierce College and is a Dorsey graduate. He said, 'I intend to be at Narbonne until my grandson plays for me and graduates. He's 3 years old.' This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email
