Inglewood (Calif.) principal condemns high school football team for 106-0 blowout over Morningside (Calif.)

Debbie Tate described the final score, which included 13 passing touchdowns from UCLA commit Justyn Martin, as "unacceptable"

Inglewood (Calif.) enjoyed one of the most lopsided victories in high school football history with last week's 106-0 drubbing of Morningside (Calif.).  The enjoyment, however, didn't stretch much further than Inglewood's locker room. 

Morningside coach Brian Collins called Inglewood's actions "classless" while Inglewood principal Debbie Tate described the final score as "unacceptable." 

"On behalf of the Inglewood High School, I apologize to the Morningside High School football team, coaches and community members as well as the Inglewood High School community for Friday night's football game," Tate wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. "We did not conduct ourselves with sportsmanship and integrity and the final score was unacceptable."

Inglewood High administration wasn't the only party disappointed with the final score. On Saturday the Inglewood Unified School District announced it would launch a full investigation to "ensure that a similar outcome never happens again under an IUSD athletic program." The district added it was "saddened beyond words" about how the game transpired. 

The California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section, Southern California's primary high school athletics governing body,  also denounced Inglewood's actions. In a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday, the CIF-SS wrote "a score of 106-0 does not represent" its organizational pillars of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. 

"The CIF-SS condemns, in the strongest terms, results such as these," the statement read. "It is our expectation that the Inglewood administration will work towards putting in place an action plan so that an event such as this does not repeat itself." 

It's unlikely Inglewood and quarterback Justyn Martin can repeat a performance that prolific if they tried. Martin, a UCLA commit, tossed a state record 13 touchdowns including four scores on his first four throws. No quarterback has thrown for that many touchdowns since 1921, according to MaxPreps. 

A Martin to Taariq Al-Uqdah touchdown gave Inglewood a 104-0 lead with no time remaining. But instead of kneeling or kicking an extra point, the team completed a two-point conversion -- a decision that didn't sit well with longtime college basketball coach and broadcaster Dick Vitale. 

"This violates everything you want from a leader of a HS team," Vitale wrote on Twitter.