High School Loses Appeal Over Pregame Smoke

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Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh has lost its appeal to lift a one-game suspension on head football coach Jon LeDonne, based on his team's use of sideline smoke devices last season.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League board of directors ruled Monday that LeDonne's suspension for the first game of the 2019 season would stand following an incident in which two Penn Hills players set off smoke devices as the team took the field for the Nov. 23 WPIAL 5A championship game at Norwin High School, briefly enshrouding the Indians' sideline in a white haze. Penn Hills did the same thing before a semifinal game at Norwin the week before, prompting the WPIAL to send a letter to Penn Hills instructing them not to repeat the pregame theatrics.

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