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Updated April 13, 2004, 1:19 p.m. ET

RALEIGH, N.C. — JamesOn Curry may be the leading scorer in North Carolina high school basketball history, but he is currently a player without a college.

North Carolina rescinded its scholarship offer to Curry last week, after he pleaded guilty to drug charges.

"This has been a very difficult time for JamesOn and his family and also for our basketball program," Carolina coach Roy Williams said in a statement. "He is a nice young man but one who made some very serious mistakes. We hope JamesOn will be successful with continuing his education and his basketball."

Curry's life began to unravel on Feb. 4 when he was among 49 students arrested at Eastern Alamance High School in a countywide undercover police operation. He was immediately kicked off the team but not before finishing his career with 3,306 points. He is the only high school player in the state to break the 3,000 point mark.

Curry pleaded guilty last week to six felony counts: two each of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana; two each of the sale of marijuana and two each of delivering marijuana.

He was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

 
 
 

SEATTLE — University of Washington football player Joe Toledo was sentenced to two years probation last week after pleading guilty to obstruction of a public servant charges stemming from a bar incident in January.

Toledo, a 21-year-old junior tight end, also was sentenced to 20 hours community service and chemical dependency assessment and treatment.

He was ordered to write a letter of apology to the police officers and the security guards at the nightclub and avoid any criminal and alcohol-related offenses during the term of his probation.

Toledo and two others were arrested after the three were thrown out of the Medusa nightclub in Seattle.

According to police, two officers responded to a disturbance during the early morning hours of Jan. 11 and found three security guards in a shoving match with Toledo, former Washington player Kevin Ware and Christopher Coralles.

Police said the men were intoxicated and had been thrown out of the bar for starting fights with some of the patrons.

After the three refused to leave the scene, police used pepper spray to subdue Toledo and Coralles before arresting them.

Ware was charged with obstructing a public servant while Coralles was charged with obstructing a public servant and harassment.

Toledo has been placed on a team probation for a year, the university said, adding that another incident could lead to his dismissal from the team.

Toledo has battled injuries throughout his career, and his status for the 2004 season is in question because of persistent back problems.

 
 
 

SPARKS, Nev. — An assistant high school baseball coach was fired last week following his arrest on suspicion of possessing stolen property and a controlled substance.

Kristian Bardot, 26, was charged after police said they found stolen construction tools, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in his truck. Police said Bardot also admitted to being present when a phone booth was stolen from a Reno apartment.

Bardot was terminated immediately by officials at Sparks High School, according to a statement from the Washoe County School District. The statement said Bardot was in his first season as an assistant coach at Sparks and did not hold any other position within the school system.

 
 
 
The Penalty Box, a weekly feature of Courttv.com, is reported by Wayne Loewe


 


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