For the second time in less than two weeks, a high school sporting event has ended with police investigating an adult who allegedly attacked a teenage player.
This time, it happened during a girls’ high school basketball game in Texas, where an adult woman (again) was caught on video body slamming a player during a massive brawl.
The incident occurred Tuesday night during a non-district game between Brenham High School and Bryan High School in Bryan, Texas. Brenham was leading 67-51 with 2:23 remaining in the fourth quarter when a fight broke out between players from both teams.
According to KBTX, video shows players fighting on the court before coaches and teammates attempted to separate them. Then several spectators got involved.
Adult Woman Seen Body-Slamming High School Basketball Player
One woman in a pink shirt was seen running onto the court, grabbing a Brenham player by the neck, and throwing her to the floor.
Another player’s mother, Cameshia Mathis, said that her daughter was also attacked during the fight.
“It was a total of four girls on top of my daughter fighting her,” Mathis said, adding that her daughter and the player who was body slammed went to the emergency room after the game for treatment of bruises, scratches and contusions.
Cameshia Mathis was particularly upset that adults made the situation worse instead of trying to stop it. Parents also reported another confrontation outside the gym as Brenham players tried to leave.
“It’s heartbreaking, you know, that you have to worry about adults in this situation. Instead of de-escalating it, y’all are adding fuel to the fire,” she said.
Both families filed a report with the Bryan police on Wednesday.
According to the Brenham Banner Press, the game was “abandoned” with just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter. Brenham led 67-51 when play was stopped.
“Bryan ISD is aware of the incident that occurred last night at the Bryan High School girls’ basketball game. Campus administration, the Bryan ISD Athletic Department, and the Bryan Police Department’s School Resource Unit are currently investigating the matter,” the school district said in a statement.
Mathis said both teams are scheduled to be at the same basketball tournament this weekend.
Another Adult Woman Was Recently Charged With Attacking A High School Player
The incident bears a striking resemblance to a Kentucky high school football game that ended in chaos on October 30. During that game, between Wayne County and North Laurel, 36-year-old Kayla Barrett allegedly ran onto the field and began choking a teenage player from behind.
Barrett was arrested on November 3 and charged with second-degree strangulation. She was subsequently released on a $5,000 bond and barred from attending school sporting events in Kentucky.
Like the Texas basketball game, the Kentucky football game was also stopped early due to the incident.