SCRANTON – A federal judge has denied the attempt of Dunmore School District to secure an injunction over the reclassification of high school girls’ basketball program by a state athletic group.
Dunmore School District of Dunmore initially filed suit in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on June 19 versus the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, of Mechanicsburg.
The action was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on June 29.
Dunmore is contesting a decision from the PIAA to promote the Dunmore High School Girls’ Basketball team from Class 3A to 4A, based on specific criteria in the organization’s new competitive balance rule.