PALM HARBOR, Fla. – A Tampa Bay area high school baseball coach has been temporarily relieved of his duties while authorities investigate the killing and burial of a snake on his team's field.
Palm Harbor University High School second baseman Zach Sobel says Jeremy Albrecht told the team last week that they were "snake-bitten" and needed to stop their losing streak.
So, Sobel says, the team bought and killed a snake, then buried it on the field during the school's spring break.
The coach wasn't present.
A Pinellas County schools spokeswoman says Albrecht is temporarily sidelined while authorities investigate.
A sheriff's office spokeswoman says nothing has been found on the field.
Albrecht told the St. Petersburg Times that he can't comment during an ongoing investigation.
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