BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – It’s just a game, but a Benton Harbor varsity basketball coach and several players are in trouble after a video shows them throwing objects at a referee when their team lost a playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Video evidence and witness statements lead the Dowagiac Public Safety department to identify those individuals at the game between Benton Harbor and Buchanan at Dowagiac Union Schools last week. Buchanan won the district game 39-36.

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Officials are looking for others involved; they have not released any names.

 

 

Benton Harbor Superintendent Kelvin Butts said the district is taking the allegations seriously.

“Please be assured that the district maintains high standards of professional ethics and conduct,” Butts said in an email to The Herald-Palladium. “Once we have completed our fact-finding investigation and received verified information from our collaborative efforts with the other school districts involved, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with established policies for both staff and students.”

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The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) is seeking the official’s report from the game and investigating the incident as well.