Jan. 15--Morgan Park coach Nick Irvin plans to be at Brooks High School at 1 p.m. Saturday for the No. 1 Mustangs' clash with No. 3 Simeon.
It's becoming increasingly likely that Morgan Park's players will not join him.
Upset that the home game is not being held in Morgan Park's small gym, the parents of the Mustangs' players said their sons would not play unless the game is moved to Morgan Park.
They set a 5 p.m. Thursday deadline, which passed without any movement from Morgan Park or Chicago Public Schools administration.
Tiffany Burrell, mother of junior forward Romelo Burrell and spokesperson for the parents' group, said nobody from the school or school district contacted her or her fellow parents on Thursday. Burrell said the boycott plan, which would result in a forfeit loss for the Mustangs, remains intact.
Morgan Park's gym holds approximately 250 people, and the Mustangs' home games against Simeon have been moved to a different location the past several years.
Morgan Park won the teams' first meeting, 70-65 at Simeon on Dec. 11. That game was delayed one day due to an auxiliary basket malfunction.
Mike Helfgot is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
