High School Football

Inglewood Morningside High probably will be stripped of the Southern Section Division VIII football title it won last season, Section Commissioner Stan Thomas said, because the school used an ineligible player.

Stacy Maxwell, an All-Ocean League defensive lineman who helped the Monarchs to their first section football title, reportedly turned 19 before Sept. 1 of last year, making him too old to compete in interscholastic athletics. The player’s actual age was not discovered until recently.

Thomas said the Division VIII championship will remain vacant if the title is taken from Morningside. The Monarchs defeated Temecula Valley, 27-20, in the division final Dec. 14 at Temecula Valley.