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another brawl -
very sad....at Alton (IL) High School
Alton (in white) vs Riverview Gardens (in black jerseys)
fistfight erupts on the court between players, then everyone loses control and starts wailing their fists at someone else, BOTH benches empty comepletely and everyone gets into the melee, then one of the older refs who tried to contain the fight gets knocked to the floor, then the fight moves into the student section of the stands and other students get involved.....
As a result-
the refs gave BOTH teams a FORFEIT LOSS for this game, then ejected every player on both teams, meaning both teams are completely suspended for their next game today and thus take another forfeit loss for their Saturday games. Those other teams did get a forfeit win for Saturday.
But then with the absence of the teams, the entire rest of the tournament had to be cancelled.
IHSA needs to step in and in cases like this, the entire team should be suspended for the rest of the season and ineligible for post-season.
I know that will never happen and it would cancel games for many other teams, but severe punishment needs to be handed out.
these kids can play at the "Y" or elsewhere, or try again next year but they do NOT deserve to play again this year and no other teams need to be put into a position of wondering if those teams will go berserk again and cause more injury.
very sad....at Alton (IL) High School
Alton (in white) vs Riverview Gardens (in black jerseys)
fistfight erupts on the court between players, then everyone loses control and starts wailing their fists at someone else, BOTH benches empty comepletely and everyone gets into the melee, then one of the older refs who tried to contain the fight gets knocked to the floor, then the fight moves into the student section of the stands and other students get involved.....
As a result-
the refs gave BOTH teams a FORFEIT LOSS for this game, then ejected every player on both teams, meaning both teams are completely suspended for their next game today and thus take another forfeit loss for their Saturday games. Those other teams did get a forfeit win for Saturday.
But then with the absence of the teams, the entire rest of the tournament had to be cancelled.
IHSA needs to step in and in cases like this, the entire team should be suspended for the rest of the season and ineligible for post-season.
I know that will never happen and it would cancel games for many other teams, but severe punishment needs to be handed out.
these kids can play at the "Y" or elsewhere, or try again next year but they do NOT deserve to play again this year and no other teams need to be put into a position of wondering if those teams will go berserk again and cause more injury.
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