This is not the PCL. There are specific rules that must be followed. Neither Becahi nor CCHS follow the rules in different sports. Becahi basically tells the conference 'bleep you, we'll do what we want to do,' while CCHS does it in basketball. If you look at the student body and then look at the basketball roster, you will see the discrepancy in the two. There is no question but that kids are being brought into the school specifically for basketball.
There are some kids who are being wooed to leave their schools and matriculate at both Catholic schools. If any of them do so, it will set off the expulsion talk.
Full disclosure. I have had one kid graduate from a Catholic school, one from a public school. I know a lot of fine people from the Catholic high school, so I wouldn't want them to be expelled. I'm just telling you that the atmosphere is pretty toxic again inside the conference.
The Diocese of Allentown has stated publicly that the fate of one school will be the fate of both schools. They are tied together. Unless they want to hope to be admitted to the PCL and spend the money travelling for all the different sports, they should tone themselves down.
We've now gone from the EPC to the EPC/MVC to the LVC to a merger of the LVC/MVC into the new EPC. These schools would not hesitate to disband and reform without the Catholic Schools. Anyone who doesn't believe they can do it, just need to look at how long Pius X of Roseto was kept from membership in the Colonial League. That school is now closing.
