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New Hazing Technique: “Let’s Punch Timmy in the Chest So Hard He Has Convulsions!”

We’ve read about and seen many nasty hazing rituals in the past, but this one really ranks up there on the Stupid Meter.

A lawsuit against Picayune Memorial High School (MS) claims that before a home game against Lumberton High last April, a freshman player was singled out for initiation into the nationally ranked baseball team. According to the suit, filed by the victim’s parents, Jeffrey Dixon Sr. and Amy Dixon, their son had his arms held behind his back while a third member of the team punched him in the chest. Instead of laughing it off, the victim went into convulsions and fell to the ground, while the scared members of the team scattered. The Dixon’s son was treated for the seizure, facial lacerations and a chest injury.

And what did the coach do when this transpired? According to the Dixon’s lawsuit, instead of attended to the injured player, the coach tried to console his star pitcher, who just happened to be the player who threw the hazing punch.

The Dixon’s lawsuit claims gross negligence, assault and battery, infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, conspiracy, civil rights violations and negligent supervision

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/05/3668175/suit-claims-teen-punched-in-chest.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/05/3668175/suit-claims-teen-punched-in-chest.html#storylink=cpy

Assist. HS Baseball Coach Accused of Giving Pot to Grieving Players

HS Baseball Coach accused of giving players marijuanaAthletes usually bond with their coaches.  Even the bad ones. They can, however, become very close with the good ones. St. Helens High School (WA) head baseball coach Tim Lokken was apparently one of the good ones and it appears that his recent passing from an illness hit his team–still in the middle of their season–pretty hard. So, what can an assistant coach do to get the team over their grief?

How about a little weed you say? Great idea . . . if you want to go to to jail.

Details on this strange story from The Daily News:

Randy J. Fenimore, 23, a volunteer assistant coach, was arrested Thursday and faces six counts of marijuana delivery and six counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, according to St. Helens Police Sgt. Phil Edwards. Fenimore was booked into the Columbia County Jail. Bail was set at $420,000.

Edwards said the incident occurred April 9, when Fenimore was supervising eight players on an overnight trip to a St. Helens batting practice facility at 555 Columbia River Highway. The outing was intended to help players mourn the loss of head coach Tim Lokken, who died from an illness the day before.

Edwards said police believe seven of the players smoked marijuana during the trip, and that Fenimore and two players provided the drugs. He said it appears the players smoked two joints among them.

“It seemed to be a spur-of-the-moment idea brought up by one individual,” Edwards said. “(Fenimore) was present during the conversation and did nothing to discourage (the use of marijuana).”

Anus Touching Hazing Leads to Arrest

Junior varsity players get no respect & they probably hate the bus ride on away games because that seems to be when all the newsworthy debauchery happens.  Take for instance this story of a hazing incident which lead to the arrest of 6 people, including 2 adults.  JV players had their faces shoved into other people’s butts but it does not stop there.  The allegations reveal that these buttocks must have been bare because the poor baseball players had to touch genitals & anuses.

Cottonwood High School:  Where one must touch another’s anus in order to be accepted!  Male bonding at it’s finest, folks.

The DA makes this curious statement, “This went far beyond making someone wear a sheet to school”.  Are we talking a toga?  Something with a pointy white hood?  What kind of sheet-wearing does he consider to be a simple hazing ritual exactly?

The Dothan Eagle has the juicy (stinky?) details:

The alleged hazing incident happened on a bus trip back from a baseball game in Geneva County. Geneva County District Attorney Kirke Adams said the students are accused of pushing members of the junior varsity baseball team’s faces into their buttocks as part of an “initiation.” Some of the students are also alleged to have touched the victims with their genitals and anuses.

The students were expelled from the Houston County Schools and required to attend alternative school 45 days.