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(10-8-25) Massillon Washington (Ohio) and Cardinal Ritter (Missouri) football players scuffled during the handshake line at the end of the game leading to Massillon Police pepper spraying players from the Missouri school. The incident took place after Massillon Washington had just beat Cardinal Ritter 28-14. Cardinal Ritter College Prep President Tamiko Armestead said- “We are still working toward a satisfactory resolution to the absolutely unacceptable incident that happened at the high school football game in Massillon, OH, in which numerous Cardinal Ritter students and coaching staff were maced by police after the game.” “Neither the school where the game took...

A top Missouri high school football team forfeited all wins from an undefeated 2019 season and the program's head coach was fired as part of self-imposed sanctions after it was discovered the squad was using an ineligible player wearing a different jersey. **SNIP** Cardinal Ritter self-reported the use of an ineligible player to the state’s high school sports governing body Tuesday, according to the Post-Dispatch. The issue stems from the school using a player who was supposed to be suspended for the first game of the season but played anyway using a different name. Junior Bill Jackson, who was ejected...