Poland player loses request to rejoin state-bound hoops squad

YOUNGSTOWN — A Poland Seminary High School junior’s request to be reinstated on the varsity basketball team has been denied.

Bryan A. Kosec, 18, of Ida Drive, through Boardman Atty. James Vivo, filed suit today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, the day before the team is set to play in the Division II state high school basketball semifinals.

The complaint listed the Poland school board, Superintendent Dr. Robert Zorn, high school principal Brian Wolf and Coach Ken Grisdale as defendants. The injunction was assigned to Judge James Evans, who assigned it to Eugene Fehr, the magistrate in the judge’s court.

Fehr denied the injunction request today, Zorn said.

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