Posted on 02/01/2023 8:54:07 PM PST by BenLurkin
Investigators were continuing to work to determine what prompted the fight...
Detectives say Giroux had left the school and was driving home when he stopped his car and called first responders. They found him in the vehicle and transported him to the hospital, where he died.
State police have interviewed participants in the brawl and spectators at the game, and collected and reviewed video footage of the melee.
State police were called at 6:56 p.m. to scene for a report of a large fight involving multiple spectators during a 7th-8th grade boys basketball game
They say the melee ended before troopers arrived at the scene, and some participants had departed the school.
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Grand Isle is the part of VT above Lake Champlain, on the NY and Canadian borders.
Beautiful country. But clearly, VT has its share of rednecks.
Brawl at middle-school basketball game
Can’t get any more monkey business than that feral fever in action.
Somebody didn’t watch the video. This is a case where you have to look.
People go crazy at ball game it’s just a damned game nothing worth going off the deep end about.
This crap is why there is a nationwide shortage of scholastic sports officials. For new officials, the pay sucks as much as the abuse from coaches, players, and fans.
I ref volleyball in the greater area of a large city in Texas, and for the most part, treatment of officials is very good. Texas UIL and TASO has implemented policies about coach, administrator, and fan behavior. Failure to control behavior has serious consequences.
I love it and making $7-8,000 over 9 weeks doesn’t hurt; and we are getting about a 10% increase this coming season.
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