Judge allows Glenville back into playoffs

The Glenville football team is back in the playoffs. Well, for now at least. On Tuesday, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Andrew J. Santoli sided with Glenville in the Tarblooders’ case against the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s decision to remove them from the playoffs. In his conclusion, Santoli wrote that Glenville was “arbitrarily” removed because the OHSAA admitted that its investigation was not complete prior to taking the Tarblooders out of the tournament. According to cleveland.com’s Matt Goul, the OHSAA had already filed a motion to appeal in Columbus prior to the ruling on Tuesday. The organization issued a press release, stating that there will be a appeal in Cleveland today. “This Court emphasizes that it is not asked, nor permitted, to determine who is entitled to play in the Playoffs,” Santoli wrote in his conclusion. “It is beyond the scope of this Court’s authority to order that one team be entered into the Playoffs over another, or that one team ad