The complaint that launched the investigation stemmed from 14 transfers who followed new Hayfield head football coach Darryl Overton from Freedom High School.

A Change.org petition had hundreds of signatures on it Friday, calling for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) to launch an independent investigation into the “Hayfield Secondary School football scandal.

Board members Mateo Dunne, Ricardy Anderson and Ryan McElveen said student-athletes were denied the opportunity to compete on a level playing field by both FCPS and the Virginia High School League (VHSL) this season.

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.

Hayfield Secondary School has announced that it will be withdrawing its football team from the rest of the postseason. In a letter from Fairfax County Public Schools, Superintendent Michelle Reid said that last week,

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,

Days after Hayfield Secondary School’s blowout win against Thomas Edison High School, the school district announced it’s game over. The team is officially out of the playoffs, ending a controversial season after allegations of an improper recruitment scheme.