Two fights at HS state championship game

[Mark Padgett]

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[26 Year Gap]

Couldn't believe the cheerleaders heading on up to join the fray.

[WreckRef]

Unfortunately, once I saw who the school was I wasn't surprised.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by WreckRef

Unfortunately, once I saw who the school was I wasn't surprised.

I'm not sure anything Mark posts could surprise me anymore!

[ODJ]

What a waste. Drive all the way to Eugene to get into a fight. That's the most exciting Mac Court has been all season.

[fullor30]

It's Bush's fault.

[WreckRef]

Originally Posted by ODJ

What a waste. Drive all the way to Eugene to get into a fight. That's the most exciting Mac Court has been all season.

Ha ha! I love that one.

[SCalScoreKeeper]

First of all in a story like this I do not care whether or not the school won.This video actually brings up some very fundamental questions:

A.If these kids have been banned previously from high school games in the area why were OSAA officials not informed about them during whatever sort of administrative meeting was held prior to the game?

If the OSAA was informed about the banishment of these kids and Jefferson staff had either a picture or description of these kids then gate personnel could be instructed not to let them in! I was a ticket taker for two years in high school and would have no reservations about not letting somebody into a game if my administration told me not to.

B.Where were the Jefferson faculty supervisors/administrators responsible for watching their section?

If these kids got by gate personnel then the faculty/administrative supervisors could have called Campus police or OSAA site management and had the kids removed.

Mark,if you can find out let us know what kind of punishments were doled out by administration!

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

First of all in a story like this I do not care whether or not the school won.This video actually brings up some very fundamental questions:

A.If these kids have been banned previously from high school games in the area why were OSAA officials not informed about them during whatever sort of administrative meeting was held prior to the game?

The location of the "ban" was Portland. The tourney game was in Eugene....over 100 miles away.

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

If the OSAA was informed about the banishment of these kids and Jefferson staff had either a picture or description of these kids then gate personnel could be instructed not to let them in! I was a ticket taker for two years in high school and would have no reservations about not letting somebody into a game if my administration told me not to.

This was the state championship final....with thousands of attendees coming through any one of many gates (same arena used by the University or Oregon). This was not a local HS game where the ticket takers often know most of the home kids attending and wouldn't have a problem picking out a few specific faces. I wouldn't expect that the ticket takers to be likely to recognize any specific face unless there was something remarkably unique about it.

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

B.Where were the Jefferson faculty supervisors/administrators responsible for watching their section?

This is the only possible point that I consider even remotely feasible. But even the administrators there may not have known the faces of the problem individuals even if they were watching the section.

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper

If these kids got by gate personnel then the faculty/administrative supervisors could have called Campus police or OSAA site management and had the kids removed.

Mark,if you can find out let us know what kind of punishments were doled out by administration!

Aside from the police removing them from the game, the administration doesn't have jurisdiction over the non-students. My guess is that most of them were probably from a neighboring school (or past dropouts from the same school) looking to make trouble.

As for the cheerleaders, they should, at a minimum, be removed from the cheer sqaud. But if they're seniors, that is essentially the same as doing nothing since the season is over.