Wolverton’s future at Leake in question

Southern Sports & Travel

An incident that reportedly occurred during last Tuesday’s varsity girls basketball game with Columbia Academy resulted in a report being filed with authorities in Leake County later that night and has fueled speculation about the future of girls head basketball coach Doyle Wolverton.

Wolverton, who is the second winningest girls high school basketball coach in the nation, has a 39 year record of 1,249-181 while at Leake Academy.

The incident in question occurred during a second quarter timeout in last week’s game at Columbia in which Wolverton is accused of biting a player on the face.

The parents of the player took her to a Carthage hospital upon arriving home later that night.

Reports from authorities claim a photo taken of the player’s injury were consistent with bite marks.

A call to Leake Academy Headmaster Jerry Crowe for comment has gone unreturned as of  the posting of this story.

Wolverton did not coach in Leake’s 71-33 win over Sylva Bay on Saturday.
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NOTE: Shortly following the posting of this story Southern Sports & Travel received confirmation that Coach Doyle Wolverton resigned from all his positions at Leake Academy.
Boys head basketball coach Phil Shepard will coach the girls until further notice.