NY high school sacks football team’s promising season after locker room ‘rap battle’ drama

A New York precocious schoolhouse sacked nan remainder of its varsity shot play aft a “rap battle” among teammates descended into a locker room conflict past month, according to a report.

Newburgh Free Academy’s promising play successful nan Hudson Valley was canceled earlier nan Goldbacks were group to play Middletown successful nan Section 9 Class AA semifinals this week, the Middletown Times Herald-Record reported Tuesday.

A root told nan outlet players connected nan squad sewage progressive successful a “rap battle” successful which peers lobbed insults astatine 1 another, but things quickly spiraled retired of control.

Newburgh Free Academy’s shot play ended aft a “rap battle” betwixt peers ignited chairs being thrown astatine each other, leaving 1 student injured. Wikipedia

Players began tossing chairs astatine each other, leaving 1 student pinch bad bruising, sources told ABC 7.

Several teammates intervened during nan clash, nan newspaper reported.

Players only straight tied to nan showdown were suspended by caput coach Bill Bianco earlier much players were besides barred from playing for simply being successful nan locker room during nan kerfuffle.

“It virtually wasn’t much than 1 incident,” nan root told nan Times Herald Record.

School officials didn’t fto nan rumor remainder and started soul probes astatine Newburgh’s main field and a 2nd schoolhouse field without first alerting nan coaching staff, nan root claimed.

Newburgh Free Academy’s players straight tied to nan showdown were suspended earlier much players were besides barred from playing for simply being successful nan locker room. Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK

The coaching unit past faced suspension pinch nan inferior varsity and freshman programme coaches expected to measurement successful earlier nan playoff crippled was forfeited, nan root said.

“Unfortunately, owed to nan circumstances, nan remainder of nan shot play has been canceled,” School superintendent Dr. Jackielyn Manning Campbell told parents successful a missive Tuesday, per nan Times Herald Record.

“While I regret this outcome, it is simply a basal measurement arsenic we proceed to stitchery information, support those who person been impacted, and guarantee accountability for those involved.”

The Newburgh Free Academy schoolhouse main told ABC 7 past week her squad is taking nan allegations astir nan incident “extremely seriously” aft becoming alert of nan imaginable codification of behaviour violations connected Oct. 25.

“As portion of my oversight of nan investigation, I will guarantee that nan specifications of nan investigation guideline nan adjacent steps and decision-making process,” Campbell said. “These allegations are superior and require our superior attraction to nan matter.”