Orthodox Jewish high school team forfeits rather than play state semifinal on Sabbath

An Orthodox Jewish high school in Texas is forfeiting a chance at a state tournament run after the most successful regular season in school history because times for playoff games conflicted with its worship of the Jewish sabbath.As reported by the Houston Chronicle and the New York Times, among other outlets, the Houston (Texas) Beren Academy boys basketball team announced on Monday that it would forfeit the Stars' scheduled state semifinal game in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Class 2A state tournament because its scheduled game time conflicts with the Jewish Sabbath. As scheduled, Beren was set to face off against Dallas (Texas) Covenant School at 9 pm on Friday, after sundown to begin the Sabbath. Beren officials filed an official appeal of the game time with the TAPPS state office , but that motion was denied, sending Dallas Covenant on to the state title game without having to hit a single shot in the semifinal. "It's disappointing. I've been h! ere 10 years and I've always known where our priorities lie," Beren boys basketball coach Chris Cole told the Chronicle. "We were hopeful and optimistic going in that we could be able to do both â€" adhere to the religious beliefs here and play basketball."In the end, Beren wasn't quite able to reach that achievement, though no one can say the school didn't pull out all the stops trying to find a way to make it work. The team had already rescheduled two prior playoff games to keep its magical 23-win ...

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