Armstrong School District students are no longer allowed at hockey games after high school students chanted vulgarly at a female goalie at a recent game against Mars Area.
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League is investigating, and its executive committee will discuss the incident during a meeting Wednesday or Thursday night, league Commissioner John Mucha said Tuesday.
Mucha did not say what actions the league could take. The league will release a statement by Friday, he said.
The incident happened Thursday during a game at the Belmont Complex near Kittanning.
Armstrong students were not allowed to attend a game Monday night against Butler, Mucha said.
Belmont is owned by Armstrong County, and the county commissioners also have banned Armstrong students from being there as spectators, Armstrong High School Principal Mike Cominos said. Cominos said the district supports both actions.
In a written statement, Mars Area Superintendent Mark Gross said Armstrong administrators made them aware of the situation Friday.
“At that time, they offered a formal apology on behalf of their board, district and community while also ensuring a thorough investigation,” Gross’ statement said. “We are confident that the Armstrong School District’s efforts will lead to appropriate discipline for those involved while also minimizing the potential for future incidents. It is our understanding that they will also be reaching out to the victim through the issuance of a formal apology.”
Cominos said the district is working to identify the students involved, the ringleaders in particular, and discipline them. He would not speculate on what form the discipline might take but said they could be banned from other school events.
“We know what was chanted. The bottom line is it’s deplorable and extremely disrespectful,” Cominos said. “We got a problem, and we know we got to fix it.”
Between 40 and 60 students were involved, Cominos said. The school is having difficulty identifying them because videos being reviewed don’t focus on the seating area, and some were wearing Halloween costumes.
Cominos said the district is supporting whatever the PIHL decides.
“They’re our kids,” he said. “We got to address this issue. It goes against our core values. It’s very disturbing what they did.”
Michael DiVittorio is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Michael at 412-871-2367, mdivittorio@triblive.com or via Twitter .
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