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I’m not saying anyone is lying by any means, but I was as the game and didn’t see any actual punches thrown.  The games have got out of hand though.

From what I could tell the Bell county fans were obnoxious and constantly crossing the line. It’s sad to see and unacceptable.

From being at the game as a neutral spectator, i noticed a couple things from both sides. One particular fan in blue came out of the stands yelling at a referee for something a player had done. A harlan player enacted in the situation. Violence began then when both other fans and other players had to hold the two back from eachother, which is ridiculous. When i said punches were thrown i meant after this scenario. Soon after the two original instigators went after eachother, the entire harlan bench and some harlan students left the stands and went across the floor and was held back by the few “good hearted harlan” players that actually tried to subside the situation. When a person is grabbed and wrapped around the waist and is scratching to get free to go after a person, i consider that the intent to fight. And from what i seen during and on the video after the game, the harlan coaches need to get THEIR priorities straight because when players are holding coaches back from a stupid fan, you need to take a look in the mirror. Then there was a controversy during the handshake line between a harlan fan and bell county player that I personally do not know much of. Ridiculous all the way around and the only people that I believe handled this the right way was the Bell County Coaches and players along with a couple players on harlan. Every other adult in the building needs to check themselves.

I agreed with almost everything you said up until the end. “Every other adult in the building needs to check themselves” very biased comment. Must be a bell fan. These are children playing a game! you’re opinion is irrelevant and has no logic.

Well i did say every other adult which is very bland and i’m sure not every adult in that gymnasium had malicious intent. All i’m saying is i sat in the gym and watched what could’ve been an all out free for all. Bell County players were very calm and collective and walked toward their bench and there was some harlan players with enough self respect to hold their teammates, coaches, and parents/fans back. Any one else involved in the situation that is considered an adult should check themselves. I consider that the harlan coaches, harlan fans that went onto the floor or yelled negative things at players, and bell fans that did the same. 

Also, kudos to the students on both sides who stayed back in all this. This had the ability to become a very bad incident and didn’t. On the video, I did see a few young individuals come from the harlan side and one had a backpack slinging it in violent manner. Other than that I think the students for both sides acted more responsibly than the parents.

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Another thing in regards to the coaches. As a administrator and a person these kids look up to, when your own players have to hold you back from attacking another individual and hearing this has happened more than once, cmon man. Disgrace.