A football game between two high schools got out of hand when players began to throw punches at each other in the third quarter.
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According to CBS Sports, the sixth annual Florida Georgia High School All-Star Game was interrupted when the Florida seniors were up 16-0 in the game. The Palm Beach Post quoted Jamael Stewart, founder of the game.
“The thing that set everything off — one of the [Florida] receivers made a nice block on one of the players, and the player got up and didn’t like it, from Georgia, and threw a punch,” Stewart explained. “That’s what opened everything up.”
One part of the bench-clearing brawl was tweeted by Sun-Sentinel sports reporter Wells Dusenbury.
VIDEO: There was just a MASSIVE brawl in the Florida Georgia HS All-Star Game. Punches thrown, players stomping other players. Game called in 3Q. Wow. pic.twitter.com/s2avZnmOL3
— Wells Dusenbury (@DuseReport) January 6, 2018
The game was called shortly after, and a video of the event was removed from YouTube.
Some argued whether or not the game should have ended.
Coach. That was not a small fight. That was a full out bench-clearing brawl where the players were not responding to the coaches and referees. That had nothing to do with intensity and everything to do with lack of discipline.
— Bob Miller (@bulldawgbob2) January 6, 2018
The high schoolers also gained a few critics along the way.
Of course a fight broke out on the field at the Florida vs. Georgia high school all star game. Can’t take Palm Beach County nowhere. Smh.
— Jessica Singer (@Daily_Jess) January 6, 2018
We just can't have nice things https://t.co/gAbo0AR6uS
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 6, 2018
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