STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — A Payne County judge ruled Friday that five Glencoe High School basketball players and their coach will not be barred from playing this season, handing the students a major win in their fight against the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA).

“We fought the law and we won,” Glencoe basketball player Kent Rossander said. “Probably the biggest moment of my life. I mean, it feels great.”

The ruling came after OSSAA said the students violated a rule banning students from having any links to a coach for a full year prior to transferring, and denied eligibility to play on Glencoe’s varsity team this year.

“I was really confused about what we did wrong,” player Hollis Garfield said.

“I was just scared we weren’t going to be able to play together,”

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