On Thursday, Judge Ronald Rice of the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court issued a temporary restraining order that barred the Ohio High School Association from ruling former Ursuline football players ineligible for the rest of the 2025 football season.

The request for a restraining order against the OHSAA ruling was filed by attorneys Brian Kopp and Frank Cassese of Betras Kopp Attorneys at Law on behalf of two former Ursuline players who transferred to Girard. The players transferred to Girard and wanted to join the football team after Ursuline’s season was cancelled on Sept. 12 due to two ongoing federal lawsuits against the school. One lawsuit alleged hazing and sexual misconduct by members of the football team while on a trip to several college football camps, while the other alleges

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