(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.
Video shows police pepper-spray Cardinal Ritter football team
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 place nor the school district have shown any interest in supporting an official investigation into why this happened,” the statement said. “We are working to file official complaints with the local police department which we hope and expect will prompt an official investigation into this conduct. We will continue to follow up with the Massillon Police Department to this end. Most importantly, we continue offering counseling and other services to the students who were involved, and we will support them and their families however we can.”
“Tell the kids to move. (Yell) ‘Get off the field. It’s time to get off the field.’ You can even have an announcer announce something over the intercom or anything like that or help the coaches get the kids off the field, but not to pull out mace and mace them. No. Absolutely not,”
Armstead said that the school has also reached out to the Ohio State Athletics Association (OHSAA) about any possible actions that they can take, she has also contacted the Ohio Civil Rights Commission regarding the incident.
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