The fallout continued Friday from the UIL sanctions levied against the
Duncanville boys basketball program early last week. The Panthers announced they would not be competing in postseason play in Texas for the 2022-23 season and would instead rely on a strong national schedule to showcase the talent on the roster.
Greg Riddle of the The Dallas Morning News was among the first to report the news.
The announcement comes on the heels of an Oct. 31 UIL ruling that stripped Duncanville of its 2022 Class 6A state title and suspended head coach David Peavy for the entire upcoming season. The punishment stems from eligibility issues around current University of Arkansas freshman Anthony Black.
The decision to forego the upcoming UIL Class 6A state tournament also comes just after the news that athletic director Dwight Weaver would be re-assigned to serve as a campus administrator yesterday.
In response to the program's decision to not compete in the upcoming state tournament, the mother of five-star Texas commit
Ronald Holland, Tarasha Holland released this statement via Twitter.
Duncanville went 35-1 during the 2021-22 season en route to finishing No. 1 in the final MaxPreps Top 25 rankings. The Panthers won their third consecutive Class 6A state title under Peavy, who has compiled a 125-14 record at the school and earned MaxPreps National Coach of the Year honors in 2020-21.
The Panthers are ranked No. 2 in the Preseason MaxPreps Top 25 rankings and open their season with a showdown against Class 6A state title contender
Brennan (San Antonio) tomorrow.
The opt-out may be a pre-emptive measure by the school. The girls basketball program has already been hit with a postseason ban and the boys may be getting ahead of further sanctions and looking to avoid future student-athletes paying the price for past transgressions.
