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Via: nona62 • 10 years ago • 8 comments

New Jersey school cancels football season

SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) Officials at a central New Jersey high school that has won three sectional titles over the past four years canceled the football season amid allegations of harassment, intimidation and bullying among players.

Sayreville school officials made the announcement Monday night during a meeting with the players' parents. The district already had canceled and forfeited a game that was scheduled last Thursday between Sayreville War Memorial and South Brunswick, and announced that the Middlesex County prosecutor's office was investigating the allegations.

''There was enough evidence that there were incidents of harassment, of intimidation and bullying that took place on a pervasive level, on a wide-scale level and at a level at which the players knew, tolerated and generally accepted,'' Superintendent Richard Labbe told reporters Monday night. ''Based upon what has been substantiated to have occurred, we have canceled the remainder of the football season.''

Labbe said he could not discuss the investigation, and the prosecutor's office has declined to release any details. No charges have been filed. Labbe said Prosecutor Andrew Carey told him there is credible evidence to back up the allegations of bullying and harassment within the program.

Also last week, an assistant football coach at the high school resigned amid allegations that he possessed steroids. Labbe said at the time that the allegations against the former defensive coordinator were the focus of a separate investigation and were not related to the cancellation of last week's game.

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seeder Nona62 10 years ago

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Larry Hampton 10 years ago

Wow, heavy duty. I wonder what was going on?

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seeder Nona62 10 years ago

That's a possibility.

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seeder Nona62 10 years ago

I wonder too. They didn't give specifics.

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pat wilson 10 years ago

Roid Rage

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Larry Hampton 10 years ago

Looks like some details are coming forward...

It came without warning .

It would start with a howling noise from a senior football player at Sayreville War Memorial High School, and then the locker room lights were abruptly shut off.
In the darkness, a freshman football player would be pinned to the locker room floor, his arms and feet held down by multiple upperclassmen. Then, the victim would be lifted to his feet while a finger was forced into his rectum. Sometimes, the same finger was then shoved into the freshman players mouth.
This disturbing hazing within the storied Sayreville football program, as told to NJ Advance Media on Wednesday by the parent of a player in the program, happened almost every day in the locker room this fall, he said.

The allegations revealed for the first time provide details to the events that sparked a criminal investigation by local and county police, and prompted the cancellation of the remainder of the Sayreville football season this week by Superintendent of Schools Richard Labbe.

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seeder Nona62 10 years ago

OMG!!! How disgusting! Their parents must be so proud.!! (thanks for the info)

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seeder Nona62 10 years ago

Pretty much!!

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