Irmo wins appeal to remain in South Carolina football state playoffs

SCHL appeals committee votes 10-2 to remove sanction; a player remains ineligible

Mike Duprez | Nov 7, 2024

Irmo quarterback A.J. Brand and his undefeated team are back in the 2024 South Carolina football state playoffs after the SCHL appeals committee voted to reverse sanctions against the program. / Thomas Grant Jr.

Irmo’s undefeated football team will remain in the state playoffs.

The South Carolina High School League voted 10-2 on Thursday to remove sanctions against Irmo. Pending further documentation, the student athlete is ineligible but the Yellow Jackets don’t have to forfeit any games, don’t have to pay a fine and are eligible for the state playoffs.

Irmo’s postseason status was in jeopardy before the executive committee’s meeting via Zoom on Thursday.

The Yellow Jackets are 9-0 and conclude their regular season on Friday with a much-anticipated game with undefeated crosstown rival Dutch Fork.

Irmo will get a high seed and first-round bye in the Class AAAAA Division 2 state playoffs, which begin Nov. 15.

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Published Nov 7, 2024

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.