Update: Hayfield football forfeits Region 6C playoffs amid transfer controversy
Hayfield Secondary School principal withdraws football team from postseason after text messages from athletic director come to light.
VHSL finds Hayfield administrators knew about controversial football transfers: Court Docs
The Virginia High School League determined that Hayfield Secondary School’s principal, football coach, and athletic director misled the league about transfers.
Hayfield's withdrawal pushes Fairfax forward in Virginia high school football playoffs
Hayfield Secondary School is officially out of the Virginia High School League (VHSL) playoffs, and tonight’s game against Fairfax is off. But it won’t just affect this game. With no game against Hayfield Tuesday,
Hayfield withdraws football team from Virginia playoffs amid transfer scandal
After multiple investigations into player transfers and eligibility, the Hawks had been disqualified from the VHSL bracket and then reinstated.
Handling of Hayfield football ‘train wreck’ questioned by some Fairfax school board members
Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid’s announcement last week that the division will commission an independent review of its student-athlete protocols appears to have done little to quell the questions mounting around Hayfield Secondary School’s football team.
‘FCPS failed to protect its student-athletes’: 3 FCPS School Board Members outline next steps to address the Hayfield ‘football situation’
Three Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) School Board Members wrote a letter regarding the recent Hayfield Hawks football team controversy, expressing their constituents’ concerns and outlining steps FCPS should take regarding the “football situation.
Principal withdraws Hayfield Secondary School football team from playoffs amid recruitment scandal
The controversy centers around the Hayfield Hawks' recruiting violations. In October, the Virginia High School League, accused Hayfield's coach of recruiting students from outside the Fairfax County Public Schools district, issued a two-year ban on Hayfield on Oct. 29. A ban that parents fought hard to overturn.
Fairfax Co.’s Hayfield football team allowed to compete in the playoffs
Fairfax County’s Hayfield Secondary School has received a temporary injunction that will allow them to play in the football postseason.
School board member demands investigation into Hayfield football recruiting
FAIRFAX, Va. - A Fairfax County School Board member is calling for a thorough investigation into allegations of improper football recruiting practices at Hayfield Secondary School. The controversy has resurfaced after the school’s athletic director ...
Hayfield High’s football team has withdrawn from playoffs after ‘evidence of potential impropriety’
The Hawks were the No. 1 seed in the Class 6 Region C tournament, but the team had been embroiled in a saga in recent weeks that included a Circuit Court appeal that put Hayfield back in the
Hayfield football coach denies recruiting accusations, claims team is being targeted
Head football coach Darryl Overton spoke to 7News and addressed the illegal recruiting allegations levied against the ...
Moms demand accountability amid Hayfield football recruiting scandal
A growing group of Fairfax County parents, led by a coalition of determined mothers, is demanding transparency and ...