Fight in high school game (Video)

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

It appeared to me that every player from both teams took part in the brawl. That means that they were all disqualified and the only way for the game to continue is if both teams add all new players to the scorebook at the expense of a TF to both teams for adding names to the scorebook.

MTD, Sr.

[ILRef80]

Ugly situation. Good job by the new L in trying to get in there before it escalated. He did everything he could.

[IUgrad92]

There were already at least two armed police officers on site. That's not a common occurrence in my neck of the woods. Maybe it is there or maybe game administration was being proactive.....

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

There were already at least two armed police officers on site. That's not a common occurrence in my neck of the woods. Maybe it is there or maybe game administration was being proactive.....

S.O.P. in these parts, even for private school games.

[Smitty]

I had a bench clearing brawl in a girls game Friday night between the two bottom dwellers of the division. It went from zero to ninety in the span of maybe 5 seconds with both benches clearing and people from the stands (there couldn't have been more than 40 people watching) coming onto the court. There was no time to prevent anything and we just got the hell out of the way till the cops and school admins could get control. Then we forfeited the game since all players (except one who stayed on her bench) were ejected. It was a horrible game from the start and I only wished the fight had broken out in the first quarter so we didn't have to endure almost 4 full quarters of that game (the fight started with 1:50 left in the game).

Follow up article

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

There were already at least two armed police officers on site. That's not a common occurrence in my neck of the woods. Maybe it is there or maybe game administration was being proactive.....

I can't remember the last time I was at a JV or V basketball game without police on site and I've worked in three different states (and I can't remember the last time I saw an unarmed police officer in general).

[IUgrad92]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I can't remember the last time I was at a JV or V basketball game without police on site and I've worked in three different states (and I can't remember the last time I saw an unarmed police officer in general).

On a typical Friday night in my area, that would mean needing 20-40 officers. That's insane. Times that by the number of Tuesdays, Fridays, and add in Saturdays (1/2 normal schedule) in the regular season, and those would be some staggering resource requirements.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

On a typical Friday night in my area, that would mean needing 20-40 officers. That's insane. Times that by the number of Tuesdays, Fridays, and add in Saturdays (1/2 normal schedule) in the regular season, and those would be some staggering resource requirements.

How many high schools do you have in one city? I live in a pretty big metro area and the local city's cops are always on site for games. Luckily there were 2 officers on site last Friday night. It's pretty standard operating procedures in every state I've ever worked as well.