Struthers boy suspended for using muscle-building supplement

February 10, 2009 at 5:18p.m.

STRUTHERS — A 15-year-old Struthers High School football player appealed his suspension from school for using a muscle-building supplement containing creatine.

The hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the board of education office.

Lennard Burke Jr. was suspended for 10 days, beginning Feb. 4, and could face expulsion from school for using a supplement that his father, Lennard Sr., a law enforcement officer, said is akin to taking vitamins.

“I would never let my kid bring something to the school that was illegal or banned. I bought it for him. We’re just challenging. It’s not a medication,” said Burke Sr.

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