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Delhi football's forfeit stands after exhausting all possibilities
This story was updated Saturday, Nov. 14, with new information. Delaware Academy CSD superintendent Carey Shultz announced Saturday, Nov. 14, that efforts to overturn the Delhi football team's forfeit loss to Deposit/Hancock did not succeed, ending the season for a team ranked second in Class D by the New York State Sports Writers Association. On Thursday, Shultz announced on the school's website that Section 4 ruled the team used an ineligible player in its Class D semifinal victory and had to forfeit the win and the rest of its season. Delhi was scheduled to face defending state champion Tioga Central in the Class D sectional final on Friday. Delhi filed an appeal with Section 4 that was denied the same day. The Bulldogs beat Deposit/Hancock, 49-14, in last week's semifinals, but Deposit/Hancock will now advance and face Tioga at noon Sunday at Chenango Valley. Section 4 delayed the title game to allow time for the appeal process. Shultz wrote Friday that Delhi was requesting assistance through the office of New York State Senator Peter Oberacker and would make an appeal to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. "We took every measure imaginable, contacting state government officials, our