A spectator walked onto the visiting sideline and assaulted players during Friday night's football game at Rush-Henrietta Senior High School in Henrietta, N.Y. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested the individual, according to the school's athletic director.
What we know:
- The game: Rush-Henrietta hosted East/World of Inquiry in a varsity matchup that closed out the regular season for both teams.
- The incident: Athletic Director Jeffrey Onze said in a letter to the community that the spectator approached the visiting sideline in the fourth quarter and assaulted players.
- The response: First responders subdued the individual, who was arrested and removed from the stadium.
- Injuries: No serious injuries were reported.
- The delay: Play stopped for several minutes while officials got the situation under control.
- The affiliation: Onze said the spectator had no connection to Rush-Henrietta, and no Rush-Henrietta players were involved.
- The final: Rush-Henrietta won 17-14.
The game aired live on 13WHAM's Friday Night Rivals, so a lot of people were watching when play stopped.
13WHAM has contacted the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for more information.
Every sideline has a line that fans aren't supposed to cross. Whatever the fourth-quarter score was doing to this guy's blood pressure, the final result was still a 17-14 football game, and a player's job is to play it, not dodge a grown adult in the final minutes.
Source: WHAM