22 year old plays high school basketball

Permian High School is best known as the inspiration for "Friday Night Lights", but its latest claim to fame is allowing a 22 year old to lead them to the state playoffs against high school age students.

Here is a picture of the former Guerdwich Montimere who re-registered as 9th grader Jerry Joseph. Scouts recognized him from earlier games, and as charged he may spend time in jail for false identification to a police officer.

Very encouraging news for those who never got enough time on the court during high school.

Here's a link -- this story broke here before the LA Times!!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/05/high-school-basketball-player-accused-of-being-a-22-year-old-posing-as-16.html

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Posted By: gdanea - Wed May 12, 2010
Category: Sports

Comments

As a naturalized citizen he could/should loose his status and be given the opportunity to play ball back in Haiti.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/12/10 at 12:20 PM

i agree but seeing as we don't even kick out violent criminals, i doubt that will happen.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/12/10 at 01:44 PM

This seems like the plot to a bad (or maybe Disney) movie...

Posted by Malk on 05/12/10 at 03:20 PM

or just a bad disney movie. :cheese:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/12/10 at 03:22 PM

It's not just you Wayne. But here's a link from ESPN if anyone wants to read more about it.

Posted by Nethie on 05/12/10 at 09:07 PM

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