The Star Player is Caught

The cheating scandal came to a heat when Art Krause, our football captain, made the egregious mistake of getting caught cheating on a midterm exam. If Art were suspended for his part in that sordid affair, our chances for winning the city championship would go up in smoke. The distraught coach asked the principal to overlook Art’s duplicity, but Mr. Dorsey replied in an acrimonious fashion that the players had been given “a plethora” of athletic instruction but a paucity of moral guidance.

Egregious adj. remarkably bad

Sordid adj. arousing mortal distaste or contempt

Plethora adj. a large amount

Paucity adj. scarcity

Duplicity dishonest

The cheating scandal escalated when Art Krause, our football captain, made an extremely bad mistake of getting caught cheating on a midterm exam. If Art were suspended for his part in that dishonest affair, our chances for winning the city championship would go up in smoke. The stressed out coach asked the principal to forgive Art’s cheating, but Mr. Dorsey responded in an sharp manner that the players had been given lots of athletic instruction but very little of moral guidance.