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The CIF-Southern Section announced Thursday that Bol Bol is eligible to play basketball at Mater Dei. The 6-foot-11 junior is eligible under the “valid change of residence” rules and met all other eligibility conditions.

Bol, the son of former NBA player Manute Bol, transferred from Bishop Miege in Shawnee, Kan., and enrolled at Mater Dei earlier this month. He is eligible to make his Mater Dei debut Friday when the Monarchs, 20-1 and ranked No. 1 in Orange County, play at Orange Lutheran in a Trinity League game.

“He (Bol) is eligible to play immediately based on the submission by Mater Dei High School that he meets all of the requirements for a Valid Residential Change under the provisions of CIF State Bylaw 206,” said CIF-SS spokesman Thom Simmons by email Thursday.

Mater Dei submitted paperwork that Bol made a valid change of residence that followed CIF-SS guidelines. The CIF-Southern Section, and the statewide CIF to which the CIF-SS belongs, gives schools much responsibility when it comes to eligibility and other issues. For example, when a school’s team has to forfeit a contest that forfeiture occurs because the school self-reported the violation.