The latest chapter in the ongoing saga between Argyle Liberty Christian (TX) and that Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) Division I championship unfolded Friday, Nov. 6, as the school officially sought legal action.

Greg Riddle of The Dallas Morning News reported the school filed a lawsuit on Friday to pause the original ruling that removed the football team from the postseason.

School president Blair McCullough wrote a letter to parents of players on the team explaining the decision. Bill Jones of KTVT-TV posted the email to his X account. It reads as follows:

"Dear Parents, I wanted to reach out to provide you with an update regarding our football program.

As you know we have continued to fight the recent unfair ruling by TAPPS against our football team. Our young students have done nothing wrong, and we must do everything can we can to set the record straight, restore our season, and allow our team to play in the playoffs.

Earlier this week we moved quickly to retain world-class outside legal counsel to help us consider every possible legal option at our disposal to have the TAPPS ruling be paused or reversed. In the name of basic fairness and decency, TAPPS has a duty to reconsider the clear and unambiguous evidence we provided them.

One of the legal options we have is to file a temporary restraining order in the Texas courts to have a judge issue an immediate stay against the TAPPS ruling until they can carefully consider the clear evidence we have provided them. I want to let you know that we have filed a lawsuit in the Texas courts tonight in an attempt to get a judge to put this ruling on pause so that TAPPS can take the time to look at our evidence again. I will keep you updated as this process proceeds.

Thank you for your continued support for those impacted by this unfair ruling. This is a very difficult time for our students and parents, and we must unite and rally together."

The postseason ban stems from a TAPPS executive board meeting that found the program had been found in violation of the "follow the coach" rule. Senior Jace Johnson was the player in question and TAPPs stated Johnson had played for Liberty Christian defensive backs coach Antonio Griffin's 7-on-7 team before transferring to the school from Abilene Cooper (TX).

However, multiple Liberty Christian parents have argued against that, saying that Griffin never coached Johnson. Michelle Witten, mother of senior and five-star Oklahoma linebacker Cooper Witten and the wife of former Liberty Christian head coach Jason Witten, has taken to X multiple times with several posts combating the TAPPS decision.

"My son has been a Liberty Warrior since age 3. Griffin NEVER coached the student in question," Witten posted on Nov. 4. "We believe clear evidence was ignored and disputed evidence accepted. Do five voters grasp the consequences for these boys, their futures and Liberty Christian? This goes beyond football."

Since the ruling was handed down, TAPPS has said little on the matter. Executive Director Bryan Bunselmeyer told The Dallas Morning News in a brief statement that TAPPS followed its policies, procedures and that the association's best people made the decision.

The Warriors were viewed by many as one of the favorites in the Division I championship scene and finished the season 7-3, though they had to forfeit their win over Bishop Lynch (TX) on Oct. 23.

To accommodate for the sudden change with Liberty Christian out of the postseason, TAPPS redrew its eight-team Division I bracket and moved the start of the postseason back a week with games now set to kick off on Nov. 13.