YOUNGSTOWN A magistrate has denied a request to hand down a temporary restraining order against the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) ruling preventing Ursuline High School students who transferred to another school from playing football for the 2025 football season.

Attorneys for the OHSAA and from Betras Kopp took part in a telephone hearing with the court on Tuesday morning.

Attorneys filed for an injunction in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Monday, asking a judge to allow Ursuline transfers the opportunity to play football.

The injunction asked for the OHSAA to grant the exemptions for the students named in it, and also asked the judge to grant a temporary restraining order that would prohibit OSHAA from enforcing their ruling.

Just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday

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