(9-4-25) On Tuesday (9-2-25) Bishop Montgomery (California) High School suspended its varsity football program for the 2025-26 season.
Bishop Montgomery administrators decided to forfeit the football season after self-reporting violations of CIF bylaws related to transfer players.
Footage of Bishop Montgomery football meeting, players told 2025 season canceled
Tarek Fattal obtained video footage of the meeting Bishop Montgomery held inside its football locker room when administration told the players the 2025 season will be canceled due to CIF rule violations.
The self-reporting of violations came after an investigation was launched by the archdiocese and the Department of Catholic Schools when five students attempting to transfer to Bishop Montgomery were ruled ineligible by the CIF on August 20th for violating a rule “providing incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete or false information” of a student’s eligibility.
Bishop Montgomery during the off-season had picked up over 20 transfers.
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After the players were ruled ineligible, Bishop Montgomery traveled to Hawaii to play its first regular-season game against Honolulu Saint Louis. As the game was ending in a 34-27 loss for Bishop Montogmery, a fight broke out where its players rushed the field.
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That incident led to several Bishop Montgomery players being suspended, the Knights decided to forfeit its August 29th game with nationally ranked Mater Dei.
On August 30th, school officials announced that it had fired head football coach and co-athletic director Ed Hodgkiss after 15 years.
Assistance Coach Mike Hall, a former player at the school, will take over as interim head coach for the football team. Bishop Montgomery plans to field a varsity football team next season.
CIF rules will allow Bishop Montgomery student-athletes to apply for a waiver allowing them to transfer to another school and maintain eligibility if the sport they were competing in is no longer offered.
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