South Point Football

[X8XOHIOLEGENDX7X]

Every School should step up and do drug testing like South Point does..... As a matter of fact I'd go one step further a test the whole student body...Drugs are killing these kids...Catch it early maybe a life can be saved....Parents have to sign a consent form before their allowed to drug test kid....I don't know why a parent wouldn't but I'm sure there's some free spirit parents out there wearing beads and driving Psychedelic vans who wouldn't...SP principle has a great rule.. You don't take the test you don't play sports at SP!!!!!!

Are they just getting nailed for weed? Not that I condone teenagers smoking the reefer (or anything), but if it's only that then I'm led to believe the only deaths here are the contents of the snack cupboards.

It is probably just weed. But with that being said its still not allowed and no one under 18 should indulge anyhow

[formerfcfan]

Agreed!

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

"South Point has not and does not plan on canceling one single football game. We are banged up, some have made stupid decisions and we are young! Instead of spreading rumors let's get behind a very good coaching staff and 17 of the finest young men and help them out! I promise you if anything major happens with our football season Mr. Christian and I will be the ones to let you know. Oh and by the way....we have about 420 students at SPHS, about 200 are involved in fall sports including 40 seniors (band, cheerleading, boys and girls soccer, volleyball, cross Country, boys and girls golf) about 194 of them 39 being seniors are 100% drug free. Let's put those numbers against any other school in the county! Oh wait! We are the only ones who test all their athletes. Hats of to Chesapeake who adopted our policy and will start testing this winter. Spread that around SP! I'm proud to be a Pointer! I'm proud of my students! I'm proud of my teachers! I'm proud of my coaching staff! I'm proud of our administration! Proud of our community! We are not perfect but dang gone it we try very very hard! Go Blue!!!!!"

Post from the South Point Athletic Boosters FB page about 4 hours ago.

MY HATS OFF TO SOUTH POINT FOR DOING THIS. I THINK EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN AMERICAN SHOULD ADOPT THIS POLICY. I SINCERELY DO.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Every School should step up and do drug testing like South Point does..... As a matter of fact I'd go one step further a test the whole student body...Drugs are killing these kids...Catch it early maybe a life can be saved....Parents have to sign a consent form before their allowed to drug test kid....I don't know why a parent wouldn't but I'm sure there's some free spirit parents out there wearing beads and driving Psychedelic vans who wouldn't...SP principle has a great rule.. You don't take the test you don't play sports at SP!!!!!!

PREACH ON MR. PRESIDENT.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

to the poster that asked about weed. that is likely always the 1st step in the use of drugs. when that high ain't enough , then an opioid, then injections. if nipped in the bud, yeah I just realized what I said. but if stopped early. it may make kids realize they don't need that. be high on jesus, sports, hunting/fishing, education, family,hobbies -- etc.

[X8XOHIOLEGENDX7X]

to the poster that asked about weed. that is likely always the 1st step in the use of drugs. when that high ain't enough , then an opioid, then injections. if nipped in the bud, yeah I just realized what I said. but if stopped early. it may make kids realize they don't need that. be high on jesus, sports, hunting/fishing, education, family,hobbies -- etc.

Bait im gonna agree and disagree with ya here my friend. weed is not a gateway. However i agree that its better to live for family and hobbies then drugs any day i have smoked a few in my life but glad to say i do not anymore and have more money for my kids and fishing lol

[purpleblood1]

What I have heard is they are having a hard time getting their kids back from concussion protocol. I think the staff is doing a great job and will continue to grow the program.

[golfis4me]

"I need to make a public apology. In my post I compared our drug testing to other schools in the county and OVC. I in no way intended to insinuate that the students of other schools are taking drugs or the school does not test them because they want to win games. Sometimes I open mouth and insert foot. My apologies to the students, coaches, parents, teachers, administrators in the county and OVC."

Follow up today from the South Point Athletic Booster Facebook page.

[X8XOHIOLEGENDX7X]

"I need to make a public apology. In my post I compared our drug testing to other schools in the county and OVC. I in no way intended to insinuate that the students of other schools are taking drugs or the school does not test them because they want to win games. Sometimes I open mouth and insert foot. My apologies to the students, coaches, parents, teachers, administrators in the county and OVC."

Follow up today from the South Point Athletic Booster Facebook page.

Big man! But truth is and sadly every school does have atleast one player no way around it.... They just slip through the cracks

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

to the poster that asked about weed. that is likely always the 1st step in the use of drugs. when that high ain't enough , then an opioid, then injections. if nipped in the bud, yeah I just realized what I said. but if stopped early. it may make kids realize they don't need that. be high on jesus, sports, hunting/fishing, education, family,hobbies -- etc.

Bait im gonna agree and disagree with ya here my friend. weed is not a gateway. However i agree that its better to live for family and hobbies then drugs any day i have smoked a few in my life but glad to say i do not anymore and have more money for my kids and fishing lol

I would have to agree to disagree, every one I know's that has/had a drug problem started with pot. but that's just folks I know.

[X8XOHIOLEGENDX7X]

to the poster that asked about weed. that is likely always the 1st step in the use of drugs. when that high ain't enough , then an opioid, then injections. if nipped in the bud, yeah I just realized what I said. but if stopped early. it may make kids realize they don't need that. be high on jesus, sports, hunting/fishing, education, family,hobbies -- etc.

Bait im gonna agree and disagree with ya here my friend. weed is not a gateway. However i agree that its better to live for family and hobbies then drugs any day i have smoked a few in my life but glad to say i do not anymore and have more money for my kids and fishing lol

I would have to agree to disagree, every one I know's that has/had a drug problem started with pot. but that's just folks I know.

Well now we all know lol. Glad ya beat it

[Truth&fiction]

"South Point has not and does not plan on canceling one single football game. We are banged up, some have made stupid decisions and we are young! Instead of spreading rumors let's get behind a very good coaching staff and 17 of the finest young men and help them out! I promise you if anything major happens with our football season Mr. Christian and I will be the ones to let you know. Oh and by the way....we have about 420 students at SPHS, about 200 are involved in fall sports including 40 seniors (band, cheerleading, boys and girls soccer, volleyball, cross Country, boys and girls golf) about 194 of them 39 being seniors are 100% drug free. Let's put those numbers against any other school in the county! Oh wait! We are the only ones who test all their athletes. Hats of to Chesapeake who adopted our policy and will start testing this winter. Spread that around SP! I'm proud to be a Pointer! I'm proud of my students! I'm proud of my teachers! I'm proud of my coaching staff! I'm proud of our administration! Proud of our community! We are not perfect but dang gone it we try very very hard! Go Blue!!!!!"

Post from the South Point Athletic Boosters FB page about 4 hours ago.

Good post! Sometimes people's choices are not good but you do not discard them . Rally around the ones that need help . Find the source and deal with it This is not an isolated problem . There is usually signs that something is going on so turning a deaf ear does nothing . SP, all stand up and take charge and help these students . I will be rooting for you all and pray that you turn this unhappy time into something positive . Go South Point!! PS I think that a lot of schools are random testing these days.

[osumufan]

"I need to make a public apology. In my post I compared our drug testing to other schools in the county and OVC. I in no way intended to insinuate that the students of other schools are taking drugs or the school does not test them because they want to win games. Sometimes I open mouth and insert foot. My apologies to the students, coaches, parents, teachers, administrators in the county and OVC."

Follow up today from the South Point Athletic Booster Facebook page.

Big man! But truth is and sadly every school does have atleast one player no way around it.... They just slip through the cracks

I'd say way more than one, that's just my opinion from having friends at different schools who have or has a teenager in school now or fairly recently

[X8XOHIOLEGENDX7X]

"I need to make a public apology. In my post I compared our drug testing to other schools in the county and OVC. I in no way intended to insinuate that the students of other schools are taking drugs or the school does not test them because they want to win games. Sometimes I open mouth and insert foot. My apologies to the students, coaches, parents, teachers, administrators in the county and OVC."

Follow up today from the South Point Athletic Booster Facebook page.

Big man! But truth is and sadly every school does have atleast one player no way around it.... They just slip through the cracks

I'd say way more than one, that's just my opinion from having friends at different schools who have or has a teenager in school now or fairly recently

We was all young once

[knightruner]

I know of no other school that has a drug test for their teams. For one thing what school can afford to test all it's kids. It would be interesting to know that SP has enough money to spend on drug testing instead of teaching. My question also is what kind of follow up is the school doing for the kids that test positive. Are they given a second test? I can see some law suits right now because you don't let someone play because they tested positive on cough syrup and they are held out until the second test came back. How many times do they test a yea?. I think that if someone took it to court that they did not want their kid to take the drug test they could not stop him from playing, in fact that was brought up in our league. You have to have a reason to make someone take a drug test and just to play sports is not good enough. It's call a search and you have to have a really solid reason to search someone. I would like to see all schools do it but that is not going to happen any time soon. I hope that my school SP can get their act together and get it all straighten out.

[gametime]

I know of no other school that has a drug test for their teams. For one thing what school can afford to test all it's kids. It would be interesting to know that SP has enough money to spend on drug testing instead of teaching. My question also is what kind of follow up is the school doing for the kids that test positive. Are they given a second test? I can see some law suits right now because you don't let someone play because they tested positive on cough syrup and they are held out until the second test came back. How many times do they test a yea?. I think that if someone took it to court that they did not want their kid to take the drug test they could not stop him from playing, in fact that was brought up in our league. You have to have a reason to make someone take a drug test and just to play sports is not good enough. It's call a search and you have to have a really solid reason to search someone. I would like to see all schools do it but that is not going to happen any time soon. I hope that my school SP can get their act together and get it all straighten out.

Rock Hill has ( random ) drug testing, but was told if they suspect someone or the team they would do it. I have random drug testing at my job and pre employment testing , just the facts of Life.

[svac83]

I know of no other school that has a drug test for their teams. For one thing what school can afford to test all it's kids. It would be interesting to know that SP has enough money to spend on drug testing instead of teaching. My question also is what kind of follow up is the school doing for the kids that test positive. Are they given a second test? I can see some law suits right now because you don't let someone play because they tested positive on cough syrup and they are held out until the second test came back. How many times do they test a yea?. I think that if someone took it to court that they did not want their kid to take the drug test they could not stop him from playing, in fact that was brought up in our league. You have to have a reason to make someone take a drug test and just to play sports is not good enough. It's call a search and you have to have a really solid reason to search someone. I would like to see all schools do it but that is not going to happen any time soon. I hope that my school SP can get their act together and get it all straighten out.

Until about a year ago Gallia academy random drug testing. My son was a 3 sport athlete and in 4 years he was tested 10 times. His senior football season his number came up twice. My daughter was a cheerleader and in 4 years was tested 6 times. Some kids I know of number came up over 20 times in 4 years and my sons best friend was only tested 3 times in 5 years. My daughter failed her senior year. She was set up with a counselor from local rehab center. The counselor would either come to school or you could see after. She only had to set out one week. Because she followed what ever the rules were and then was tested at end of her counseling the only people that new she tested positive was us. She decided not to tell her teammates it was very confidential. My understanding is they no longer had money to continue the program. But it has been done in some areas for a while.

[Game day]

Who is paying for all these drug test?

[svac83]

Also at my work we used to random drug test. We would be testing about 25 employees a month. Now we do mandatory once a quarter unannounced. So that is about 250. Per quarter the difference in between randomly testing 75 employees and testing 250 all on one day only raised costs about 30% a quarter. And now that we will be signing a 5 year contract with them it will only amount to about a 20% increase

[osumufan]

We all know how some of the "random" tests go. They always seem to pick the kids that they "know" will pass. My kid even asked if I kept askimg for him to be tested because he was tested so much when it wss "random". I said do the math, the probability doesnt add up. They're tesring you because they know you'll pass.