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Bowling Green will not be stripped of 2017 Sweet 16 title for recruiting violation

After the KHSAA threatened to strip Bowling Green High School of its 2017 Sweet 16 title, the two parties reached a compromise Thursday morning that will let the Purples keep their basketball banner.

Bowling Green won its first Sweet 16 title in 2017 with eighth-grader Zion Harmon on the roster. An investigation found that a Bowling Green assistant coach violated KHSAA rules by making living arrangements for the point guard and his father. Harmon transferred to Adair County the following season and concluded his career at Marshall County before signing with Rick Stansbury’s WKU basketball team.