Team walks off court and goes home

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We had a situation here about 3 years ago where one of the teams didn't show up for their first tournament game. Officials (friends from our association) waited 90 minutes before declaring a forfeit 2-0 to other team) State told them they should not have declared a forfeit. They responded with, "how the he!! long are we supposed to wait?" and "what were we supposed to do?" Never really got a proper response - other than they should have notified the state. They had tried, but of course - no one was there to answer the phone. It was not the first time this team didn't show up for a game and NEVER called state, school or anyone.