Jefferson Christian Academy’s varsity boys basketball program has been fined and placed on probation for allowing an athlete to play before he completed restitution requirements from a previous violation of the AHSAA Transfer Rule, according to an Alabama High School Athletic Association news release. The violation was self-reported by the Irondale school.

As a result, Jefferson Christian’s program must forfeit its 61-54 victory over Coosa Christian in the Class 1A, Area 11 finals this week, and its season has concluded.

Coosa Christian is now the No. 1 seed from Area 11. Coosa will host Area 8 runner-up Winterboro in the sub-region game on Saturday and the No. 2 seed will be vacated, giving Wadley a bye and a move straight into the AHSAA region tournament next week. Wadley is the 1A, Area 8 champion.