(9-7-24) Last night in a NIC 10 game between Rockford Auburn and Harlem with 4 minutes left in the game…a fight broke out behind the bleachers between two girls…the fight would expand and panic would set in with the crowd. Both teams would leave the field for safety.

Harlem coach Jim Morrow told the Rockford Register Star –

“Our student section started emptying, and panic spread from there. I am not an authority on what happened. I was not aware of anything going on behind the bleachers. It was just a panicked response. Our guys saw what was transpiring, and we just tried to get everybody to safety.”

Rockford Register Star – Rockford area fans, players run from game after fight breaks out

Police respond to large fight at Harlem High School football game

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After a 30-minute delay, the game was officially suspended. It is scheduled to be resumed at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The Huskies were leading 20-6.

Muhammad’s three TD’s put Harlem in command against Auburn; game suspended when students storm from

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Shootings Cancel Games

In Ohio last night…

A gun was discharged during an altercation between two students on the John Adams College and Career Academy campus in Cleveland Friday as Woodmore High School students arrived by bus for tonight’s varsity football game.

Woodmore Schools Superintendent Mary Schaeffer

“Law enforcement officers were on scene upon our students’ arrival and secured the scene throughout the event. Once the scene was secured, our students were escorted back to the bus and are en-route back to Woodmore High School.”

North College Hill football game halted after shots fired near stadium

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Due to gunfire in the area at North College Hill, the Country Day vs North College Hill Football game has been abandoned. All Country Day players, coaches, cheerleaders, and families evacuated the area safe.