Coach who posed as a high school player in Virginia causes season’s forfeit

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A school district in Virginia said it received a peculiar report last week from one of its junior varsity girls’ basketball games: An assistant coach for the Churchland High School Truckers had stepped on the court on Jan. 21, and played against teenagers.

The assistant coach, Arlisha Boykins, who had been working at Portsmouth Public Schools since August last year, was no longer an employee for the district as of Jan. 25, when school officials confirmed the report, a spokeswoman, Lauren Nolasco, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The head coach for the team, Jahmal Street, is also no longer working for the school, Ms. Nolasco said.

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