A New Jersey high school rivalry football game turned violent last Saturday when students from one school mobbed a teen from the other and pummeled him.
Brick Township High and Brick Memorial High, the town’s two high schools, were facing off at an afternoon football game when the fight broke out.
A video shows a shirtless teen trying to climb a railing up to the rival team’s bleachers when he’s pulled off by other teens below the stands and punched repeatedly.
A stunning video shows a shirtless student climbing up to his rival high school’s bleachers to take back his school’s flag when he gets pulled down to the ground and punched repeatedly
The video was posted on Twitter by a classmate of the shirtless student
The video was taken by BMH student Tyler Geoffroy, who posted it on Twitter.
The eight-second clip doesn’t show what led to the fight or what happened after the brawl.
According to Geoffroy, BTH team supporters went to the visitors’ side of the field at halftime, grabbed a BMH flag and took it back to the BTH stands.
When a BMH student went to get their ‘sacred’ warlord flag back, he was beaten.
‘He went to get the flags, then grabbed at it, trying to rip it out of the Old Brick kid’s hand, and then people started throwing their fist at him,’ Geoffroy told News 4.
Geoffroy says a teacher from BMH broke up the fight after running across the field to the other side.
He questioned why supervisors and authorities on the BTH side didn’t step up and intervene – although it’s not clear from the video who actually attempted to break up the brawl.
Brick Township High is pictured above. Students from the school allegedly stole the rival team’s flag
In the meantime, Brick Police Chief Riccio said that there will be even more security at future football games for both high schools.
Tyler Geoffroy, pictured, posted the video of the fight on Twitter
Backpacks and other bags will be checked, and water bottles will not be allowed inside the stadium because underage drinking has been an issue.
‘What we’ve been having an issue with is students coming there intoxicated that sometimes results in fights,’ he said.
‘The teachers will be searching bags prior to them entering, trying to deter them from being able to drink while on the property.’
An anonymous student told News 4 that many attendees drink before games, ‘a lot.’
‘It’s usually like a vodka, stuff you can get easily from your parents and stuff like that,’ the student said.
Riccio says police will have no tolerance going forward, and any future fights will result in arrest.
The rivalry between the schools has been an ongoing issue, and the game has been held on Saturday afternoon for years before of past incidents.