The Florida High School Athletic Association on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to turn down an appeal by a Tampa Christian school in a battle about whether the school's rights were violated when it was barred from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 football championship game.

Attorneys for the association filed a 32-page document that said a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals correctly ruled last year against Cambridge Christian School . Also, the association pointed to a 2023 state law that required allowing high schools to offer "brief opening remarks" — which could include prayers — before championship events.

The association said the "problem CCS (Cambridge Christian School) brought this case to address has thus been solved in the co

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