SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. —
Evangelical Christian School’s championship softball program has been placed on administrative probation, and its head coach has been suspended for one year after the Florida High School Athletic Association concluded an investigation into recruiting violations and impermissible benefits.
According to the FHSAA sanction letter, the school self-reported part of the violations after the association received allegations involving softball coach Johnny Manetta’s communications with a student-athlete enrolled at another school and claims that housing had been provided to the student-athlete and a parent…