Salisbury's Lloyd Irons will be back in action for the Falcons

FROM KEITH GROLLER

I learned of this a while ago, but because of vacation and other things, I haven't had chance to get it confirmed until tonight.

Salisbury boys basketball coach Jason Weaver has confirmed that Lloyd Irons will be back in action next basketball season for the defending District 11 2A champs.

Irons was a junior academically at Salisbury last year but was thought to be out of athletic eligibility after the 2010-11 school year.

But someone did their homework and went back and looked at his past record and discovered that Irons did have a year of eligibility left.

Irons' acacdemic record is a bit murky since he moved from New York City to Philadelphia and then transferred to Salisbury Township to live with his brother and his wife.

Irons turns 19 in November but the PIAA bylaws say that's ok. To be eligible to participate, you must not be 19 before on June 30 preceding the school year.

Salisbury presented a case to the District 11 committee and earlier this month the district declared him eligible to play in the coming 2011-12 season.

That's a big plus for the Falcons who graduated eight seniors from their 19-7 team that went to the Colonial League finals, won the district title and then gave Prep Charter all it wanted in the first round of the PIAA 2A state tournament.

"We’re extremely happy that Lloyd will be able to play with us next season,” WDistrict11BB eaver said. “He came on strong for us at the end of last season and has continued to work hard through the spring and summer. He had a good AAU season and played well for us in the Cedar Beach league and in the summer tournaments."

While Salisbury learned that it will have a standout player on its roster, we've also learned that two other Colonial League members have lost quality players.

Tyler Kohl, Notre Dame's outstanding freshman a year ago, has reportedly transferred to Perkiomen Prep and Justin Festa, one of Southern Lehigh's top players a year ago, has transferred to Faith Christian in Sellersville.

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