The sophomore football player at Hartshorne High School saw the Twitter handle and was curious. Hartshorne coach Jeff Beare saw the handle and was alarmed. Hartshorne superintendent Jason Lindley saw the handle and was mad.
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The Hartshorne player – who is not being named because he’s considered an innocent victim of a scam – was encouraged via Twitter to transfer to the bigger McAlester High School, 15 miles away, in southeastern Oklahoma, so that recruiters could more easily scout him.
And it initially angered Lindley.