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Not in Beaumont. You have to attend the school that you are zoned for. His guardian is zoned for Central. If you attend a school outside your zone, you will face eligibility issues and not be allowed to play. I know everyone has their own opinion about how and why this went down. I will try to help out a little on some of the subtle accusations....
1) Nigerian kids school shuts down in Atlanta.
2) Nigerian kids are relocated to stay with guardian in Beaumont the following week.
3) Guardian has a kid at Kelly...attempts to enroll both kids at Kelly.
4) Kelly starts school 2 weeks before everyone else in this area, so it was too late to get them in and NOT BE BEHIND academically. (Which is paramount at Kelly)
5) Guardian decides to enroll kids in zoned school...Central
6) UIL and every other "expert" in Southeast Texas try to determine whether or not the kids are eligible to play.
And that's where we are folks. Nothing underhanded, no school favoritism, no recruiting. It is fun to watch the back and forth on here, but at the end of the day, this is just a story about two kids that came here for a better life, got screwed in Atlanta and now attend Central High School. They are nice boys and I hate that they are having to adjust like this. And the guardian is making a huge sacrifice, both financially and with his time. 7'3" and 6'5" kids don't eat Happy Meals from McDonalds! Hell I have a 5'9 kid that's eating me out of house and home! lol
 

Strange thing... with all the accusations, I'm surprised there are so many questions?

Strange thing... with all the accusations, I'm surprised there are so many questions?

glad you know what you're talking about.   And by "know what you're talking about," I mean you don't know your behind from your elbow.  Stereotype all you want, but like any form of the practice, it comes from ignorance.  These kids are being taken care of here because they came to the states hoping for a better life and were placed in a situation that wasn't much better.  Their "guardian" or "handler" will spend thousands of dollars feeding, clothing and housing them so hopefully they can get a free education down the road.   He is not paid to do so.  
But please continue to educate us on these people of whom you obviously know nothing about. 

Actually his AAU handler lives in Houston. And even if that were the case, who cares. If the kids school in Atlanta didn't shut down, we wouldn't even be discussing this. The UIL will make sure everything is done correctly.

Not in Beaumont. You have to attend the school that you are zoned for. His guardian is zoned for Central. If you attend a school outside your zone, you will face eligibility issues and not be allowed to play. I know everyone has their own opinion about how and why this went down. I will try to help out a little on some of the subtle accusations....
1) Nigerian kids school shuts down in Atlanta.
2) Nigerian kids are relocated to stay with guardian in Beaumont the following week.
3) Guardian has a kid at Kelly...attempts to enroll both kids at Kelly.
4) Kelly starts school 2 weeks before everyone else in this area, so it was too late to get them in and NOT BE BEHIND academically. (Which is paramount at Kelly)
5) Guardian decides to enroll kids in zoned school...Central
6) UIL and every other "expert" in Southeast Texas try to determine whether or not the kids are eligible to play.
And that's where we are folks. Nothing underhanded, no school favoritism, no recruiting. It is fun to watch the back and forth on here, but at the end of the day, this is just a story about two kids that came here for a better life, got screwed in Atlanta and now attend Central High School. They are nice boys and I hate that they are having to adjust like this. And the guardian is making a huge sacrifice, both financially and with his time. 7'3" and 6'5" kids don't eat Happy Meals from McDonalds! Hell I have a 5'9 kid that's eating me out of house and home! lol
 

Very true . "Metropolitan" Sour Lake is more sophisticated these days.

Just to try and help.
The kid could be eligible if the "guardian" is his legal guardian.  Meaning, whoever sent him from Atlanta signed over all rights of guardianship to whoever he is staying with now.  If not, he could be deemed ineligible.  But first they will have to fill out the PAPF (Previous Athletic Participation Form) for the player, the PAPF will then go to the DEC (District Executive Committee) for a vote.  If the DEC votes yes, he is eligible.  If the DEC votes no, Central and his guardian can then file an appeal with UIL.  UIL is not known for passing these at a high rate but it has been known to happen.
My advice is, sit back and wait.  You can assume all you want but we won't know until the DEC decides or the UIL.  

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Guardian tried to get him in Kelly.  Couldn't get that done.  Guardian's residence is zoned for Central in public school. Not sure where "choosing" even comes into play here...

HJ communications program insufficient

did he try to enroll at Hj? 

Yep!!! "Speaking from an athletic point of view, which many of you are trying to make this..."

Excellent point!!! Doesn't seem like its for basketball reasons to me.

Lamar is very likely a playoff team this year, and I don't think Sam took Lamar seriously enough.  Lamar shredded the Kat D in the Ist half.  I guess the Kats figured if they could run with Tech, then Lamar would be no problem.  The D was better in the 2nd half, but the 21 point halftime deficit was just too much.  It wasn't that many years ago that Sam beat Lamar by 70, but Lamar is now the real deal.  These two teams might see each other again in Dec.

I was at the game sitting among all the orange. Not sure why people were surprised Lamar would go into Huntsville and win the game. After all, they had a reasonable amount of success against Baylor the week before. And SHSU is NO Baylor. I figured if we could hang 30+ on the #4 team in FBS football and stop Baylor on 3rd down more than a handful of times, we could beat the KittyKats. Actually, if Carson Earp hits a couple of receivers on slants and Harrington going up the sideline, this game would have been 70-46.

I expect LU in the poll after this one. Kats looked lost on D. LU caused it though. Good luck to em. Kats gotta regroup. 

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So if he is ruled eligible to play this year as a foreign exchange student, What happens his senior year? Read the rules veryyy carefully.

He needs to put weight on, Lil Terrio is bigger than that kid. 

His first name is indeed Chris.  Last name Cross. 

Although he won't may not play varsity ball this year, he will play in front of pretty much every major college coach in the country before his senior year begins next fall.  And it won't be in a school uniform...

There is one other way that a student can live with a guardian and not have to sit out a year of Varsity in UIL . An international student can apply for a Parent Residence Waiver. Everyone is just reading the basic rules of eligibility...need to dig deeper