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I myself do not think kids should be doing anabolics unless they have an endocrine problem. Its just crazy for many many many reasons. But I think it was a mistake for his own mom to turn him in - a felony count is going to hurt him for a long time. She should have confronted him and made him get off the drugs, but to do it this way is going to give him life obstacles that are only going to make his life more difficult.
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11 Buckeye football players suspended for steroid use
by George Witkowski
staff writer
Eleven Buckeye Union High School football players, starters on the offense and defense, were suspended for the rest of the season last week for alleged steroid use.
Sgt. Richard Sartor, public information officer for the Buckeye Police Department, said he was contacted by a “concerned” parent of a student at the school in relation to some items she found in her son’s room.
“Officers inspected these items and found them to be drug paraphernalia and steroids,” Sartor said. “An investigation into the possession of steroids was commenced with the cooperation from officials of Buckeye High School and at this time eight students have been identified as involved.”
Eight players were suspended Sept. 17, two more on Sept. 18 and another on Sept. 19.
According to a statement from the Buckeye Union High School District, the substance abuse resulted in suspensions from the football program for the remainder of the 2003 season.
The students involved were not excluded from other athletic programs and may still be eligible to participate, Buckeye head football coach Bobby Barnes said.
The suspension resulted from a one-day use of steroids to three years of use, the statement read.
The district’s statement went on to say that “should it be determined that the use and/or possession of illegal substances occurred on campus, subsequent school suspensions would result.”
The district letter said that it was appreciative of the support and cooperation it received from all of the athletes, parents and members of the Buckeye police involved in the matter.
Barnes said the team is not going to back away from the issue or the football program at Buckeye, adding that a minority of players is making life difficult for the rest of the team.
“I have no intention of giving up on them,” he said. “There were three or four of them that were doing it for three years and one of them was just one day.
“There are some sad, sick kids who don’t feel like it was worth it and that’s the message we’ll try and get out to the rest of the program. It’s been quite an experience [in] my first year as a head coach, but I’m not going to whine about it [and] we’ll take it day to day.”
Barnes caught by surprise
Barnes said he was caught by surprise that steroid use was taking place at the school.
“I had no clue, but a couple of kids were working hard in the weight room and bulking up,” he said. “What bothers me the most is that they’ll be painted as bad kids. They’re really good kids who made a poor decision and there are some very good parents of these kids that I’m supportive of.
“Every program I’ve been at there are rumors of kids being on steroids, but there is no tangible truth to those rumors. We’re trying to develop character that we talk about all the time.”
The Buckeye varsity football team will be shorthanded in its game against Catalina Foothills Friday night and Barnes said he will have to scramble in order to field a team.
“We’re down to 22 players on our varsity and that is devastating to our football program,” he said. “We haven’t decided what to do about adding players to our varsity. I still believe this program has a lot of good young men. There are a lot of positive things that can still come from this.”
Rudy Pacheco, Buckeye’s head coach from 1998 to 2002, said he was shocked, and still does not believe what happened.
“It really caught me by surprise,” he said. “We had no indication of this type of activity. It really happens when there are kids who don’t want to work in the weight room, but they want to get big fast.
“I just don’t believe it because there would be pimples, puffiness [of muscles] and aggressiveness and those were not apparent at all.”
Glen Treadaway, associate director of bylaws interpretation for the Arizona Interscholastic Association stated the AIA’s only policy related to this matter.
“Any coach or competitor using tobacco, alcohol beverage or drugs while participating in interscholastic competition shall be disqualified from the contest or tournament,” he said. “This has been a thing of concern all along and you’re dealing with a number of issues.”
Bernie Garcia, principal of Buckeye, said the school has no drug testing policy.
“What we try to do is be pro-active and look for ways to improve procedures, and certainly drug testing is one option,” he said. “In order for us to initiate that we are certainly willing to look at anything.
“It would have to start with a proposal before the school board. It’s a very costly program with lab processing and other fees.”
George Witkowski can be reached by
e-mail at [email protected].
http://westvalleyview.com/WESTVALLEYVIEW/myarticles.asp?P=679205&S=365&PubID=11472
11 Buckeye football players suspended for steroid use
by George Witkowski
staff writer
Eleven Buckeye Union High School football players, starters on the offense and defense, were suspended for the rest of the season last week for alleged steroid use.
Sgt. Richard Sartor, public information officer for the Buckeye Police Department, said he was contacted by a “concerned” parent of a student at the school in relation to some items she found in her son’s room.
“Officers inspected these items and found them to be drug paraphernalia and steroids,” Sartor said. “An investigation into the possession of steroids was commenced with the cooperation from officials of Buckeye High School and at this time eight students have been identified as involved.”
Eight players were suspended Sept. 17, two more on Sept. 18 and another on Sept. 19.
According to a statement from the Buckeye Union High School District, the substance abuse resulted in suspensions from the football program for the remainder of the 2003 season.
The students involved were not excluded from other athletic programs and may still be eligible to participate, Buckeye head football coach Bobby Barnes said.
The suspension resulted from a one-day use of steroids to three years of use, the statement read.
The district’s statement went on to say that “should it be determined that the use and/or possession of illegal substances occurred on campus, subsequent school suspensions would result.”
The district letter said that it was appreciative of the support and cooperation it received from all of the athletes, parents and members of the Buckeye police involved in the matter.
Barnes said the team is not going to back away from the issue or the football program at Buckeye, adding that a minority of players is making life difficult for the rest of the team.
“I have no intention of giving up on them,” he said. “There were three or four of them that were doing it for three years and one of them was just one day.
“There are some sad, sick kids who don’t feel like it was worth it and that’s the message we’ll try and get out to the rest of the program. It’s been quite an experience [in] my first year as a head coach, but I’m not going to whine about it [and] we’ll take it day to day.”
Barnes caught by surprise
Barnes said he was caught by surprise that steroid use was taking place at the school.
“I had no clue, but a couple of kids were working hard in the weight room and bulking up,” he said. “What bothers me the most is that they’ll be painted as bad kids. They’re really good kids who made a poor decision and there are some very good parents of these kids that I’m supportive of.
“Every program I’ve been at there are rumors of kids being on steroids, but there is no tangible truth to those rumors. We’re trying to develop character that we talk about all the time.”
The Buckeye varsity football team will be shorthanded in its game against Catalina Foothills Friday night and Barnes said he will have to scramble in order to field a team.
“We’re down to 22 players on our varsity and that is devastating to our football program,” he said. “We haven’t decided what to do about adding players to our varsity. I still believe this program has a lot of good young men. There are a lot of positive things that can still come from this.”
Rudy Pacheco, Buckeye’s head coach from 1998 to 2002, said he was shocked, and still does not believe what happened.
“It really caught me by surprise,” he said. “We had no indication of this type of activity. It really happens when there are kids who don’t want to work in the weight room, but they want to get big fast.
“I just don’t believe it because there would be pimples, puffiness [of muscles] and aggressiveness and those were not apparent at all.”
Glen Treadaway, associate director of bylaws interpretation for the Arizona Interscholastic Association stated the AIA’s only policy related to this matter.
“Any coach or competitor using tobacco, alcohol beverage or drugs while participating in interscholastic competition shall be disqualified from the contest or tournament,” he said. “This has been a thing of concern all along and you’re dealing with a number of issues.”
Bernie Garcia, principal of Buckeye, said the school has no drug testing policy.
“What we try to do is be pro-active and look for ways to improve procedures, and certainly drug testing is one option,” he said. “In order for us to initiate that we are certainly willing to look at anything.
“It would have to start with a proposal before the school board. It’s a very costly program with lab processing and other fees.”
George Witkowski can be reached by
e-mail at [email protected].
