A high school basketball coach in Virginia has been fired after impersonating a 13-year-old player in a game.
Arlisha Boykins, a 22-year-old assistant coach on the Churchland junior varsity girls basketball team in Portsmouth, suited up for the Truckers while a teenage student-athlete was out of town at a club basketball tournament, parents of the girl told WAVY TV 10.
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In video footage from the Jan. 21 game, which took place in Suffolk against Nansemond River, Boykins can be seen wearing a black No. 1 jersey for Churchland while playing in the contest.
Boykins, who was going up against 14-and-15-year-old girls, recorded a block and drove to the basket for a layup in highlights obtained by WAVY. She was also seen interacting with the team,…
