NJ High School Cancels Football Season Amid Hazing Investigation

Published March 30, 2018

A New Jersey high college canceled its football season Monday amid an investigation into hazing and bullying allegations.
Sayreville War Memorial Higher School will forfeit its remaining six games, superintendent Richard Labbe announced.
The initial investigation into hazing allegations located “there were incidents of harassment, intimidation and bullying … that took location on a pervasive level, on a wide-scale level and at a level in which the players knew, tolerated and in basic accepted,” Labbe stated in a statement to the media.
Labbe’s announcement followed a closed-door meeting with parents of players on the football team.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating. That ongoing investigation has collected “credible and substantial evidence” so far, Labbe said.
The choice impacts the school’s freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams.
Sayreville is 1 of New Jersey’s most storied football applications, winning 3 state sectional championships in the past 4 years. The team opened this season 2-1, before forfeiting last Thursday’s game as the hazing allegations emerged.
An assistant coach with the team, Charles Garcia, was also arrested last week on steroid possession charges. Garcia later resigned.
Parents of players expressed anger with the choice to cancel the football season.

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