Dallas Covenant will now face Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills, which Beren beat 69-42 in the regional round last week.

FORBES: Oppressed Christians Get Rare Victory With Denial of Jewish School's Request To Reschedule Game

Beren, an Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston with 67 students, appealed to TAPPS to reschedule the state semifinal against Dallas Covenant from 9 p.m.

FORBES: Oppressed Christians Get Rare Victory With Denial of Jewish School's Request To Reschedule Game

And earlier in the playoffs, rescheduling games for Beren itself.

FORBES: Oppressed Christians Get Rare Victory With Denial of Jewish School's Request To Reschedule Game

Following its best season ever, the Beren Academy boys basketball team is giving up a chance at a state championship this weekend to remain true to its faith.

FORBES: Oppressed Christians Get Rare Victory With Denial of Jewish School's Request To Reschedule Game

The people at Beren have produced emails from TAPPS showing the organization was upfront about telling the school that rules are rules, and the rule is, and I paraphrase, the playoffs operate on Jesus time.

FORBES: Oppressed Christians Get Rare Victory With Denial of Jewish School's Request To Reschedule Game

OK, so TAPPS, or at least its members, might have sent mixed signals on this point, last year rescheduling soccer semifinals for a Seventh-Day Adventist school that follows the same sundown Friday to sundown Saturday Sabbath as Beren.

FORBES: Oppressed Christians Get Rare Victory With Denial of Jewish School's Request To Reschedule Game

This is in sharp contract to the case of Beren Academy in Houston, a Jewish school that in 2012 had to get a restraining order so the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools would change its boys basketball finals schedule to accommodate its religious beliefs.

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