Controversial -- Attribute!

How do you know that East Lansing High may have to forfeit games next year to avoid playing mixed-gender teams? Did you simply make that up? Did you decide that yourself?

Of course not. You know that because East Lansing Athletic Difrector Hugh Baker said that.

So, it's not enough to offer a graf saying this:

East Lansing High may have to forfeit games next year to avoid playing mixed-gender teams.

You'd need to say something like this, if first referring to Baker:

East Lansing High may have to forfeit games next year to avoid playing mixed-gender teams, school athletic director Hugh Baker said.

Or this, if it's a secondary reference to Baker:

East Lansing High may have to forfeit games next year to avoid playing mixed-gender teams, Baker said.

Don't leave readers wondering where you got your information. Offer attribution! Make sure that every graf after the lede has some form of adequate attribution.