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Attack sparks brawl at youth football game
Hundreds of parents, kids in melee after penalty call
Dana M. Nichols
Record Staff Writer
Published Sunday, Sep 3, 2006
STOCKTON - Several hundred dads, moms and children brawled Saturday afternoon on an athletic field behind Stagg High School after an assistant coach with a Pop Warner football team from Riverbank allegedly assaulted a boy on a Stockton team.
There were no major injuries, and there were no arrests by late Saturday, although Stockton police said they were looking for a man who may have started the brawl.
Referees and other witnesses said the brawl erupted at around 3:30 p.m. with less than a minute left to play and the Riveroak Redskins leading the Stockton Bears 16-6. Referee Tim Winek said he had just called a penalty on Brian Wood, 13, a Stockton Bears player.
"There was a penalty on the play, and it was a late hit," Winek said. "The parent of the kid who got hit took exception to it. He came charging out onto the field."
Jim Fine, a field medic working at the game, was standing on the sideline when the late-hit call and subsequent brawl occurred. He said he saw Winek throw himself on top of Wood to fend off the blows raining down from a man witnesses identified as a Redskins assistant coach and the father of the boy who took the late hit.
"The ref over there (Winek) he got stomped, twisted in the neck," Fine said. "They were right in front of me. And then it was just a free-for-all - adults stomping kids, kids fighting kids, and moms and dads fighting moms and dads.
"Something this bad I've never seen in 11 years of doing this," Fine said. "The mob mentality just took over."
One witness identified the assistant coach as Corey Petro, but the Riveroak Redskins Web site lists him as Cory Petero, the team's equipment manager.
Stockton police Lt. Kevin Hatano said officers late Saturday were looking for the man witnesses identified as responsible for allegedly assaulting the boy.
"The investigation is going to be continuing on this. It may continue throughout the night," Hatano said. "We are taking it seriously, and we are going to look into this. But we don't have an arrest at this time."
Daniel Champion, who identified himself as Wood's father, said his son had bruises on his stomach and jaw from the assault. Champion said he saw his son's attacker flee the athletic field shortly after the brawl began. "He jumped the fence," Champion said.
Referees said that the brawl continued at varying levels of intensity for about 20 minutes. After police arrived, cooler heads prevailed and civility was restored.
"Every (remaining) coach on the other team apologized. The parents apologized," Champion said.
A man who identified himself as the head coach of the Riveroak Redskins, but who declined to give his name, had a somber talk with his players shortly before police escorted them to their cars.
"I'm part of this staff, and I apologize for what happened," the Riveroak head coach said. "I really don't know what to say."
He paused and sighed: "This is the first time I've ever had this happen."
Stockton Bears head coach Rudy Garrido Sr. said he will also have a hard time forgetting the game that ended in a brawl.
"This is a program for the kids to stay out of trouble. There are going to be calls for late hits. This guy (Wood) was walking back to the huddle; assistant coach comes running out, tackles him, starts hitting him. ... I'm worried about all the kids."
Referees said the layout of the field was partly to blame. In other locations, parents are sitting in bleachers and also may have the width of a running track between them and the field.
At Stagg High, however, parents were just across the sideline from the action on the field.
Winek said he saw the potential for trouble when he arrived. "The first thing we said to each other was, 'The parents are too close to the field.' "
Contact reporter Dana M. Nichols at (209) 754-9534 or [email protected]
http://www.kcra.com/video/9787019/index.html
Attack sparks brawl at youth football game
Hundreds of parents, kids in melee after penalty call
Dana M. Nichols
Record Staff Writer
Published Sunday, Sep 3, 2006
STOCKTON - Several hundred dads, moms and children brawled Saturday afternoon on an athletic field behind Stagg High School after an assistant coach with a Pop Warner football team from Riverbank allegedly assaulted a boy on a Stockton team.
There were no major injuries, and there were no arrests by late Saturday, although Stockton police said they were looking for a man who may have started the brawl.
Referees and other witnesses said the brawl erupted at around 3:30 p.m. with less than a minute left to play and the Riveroak Redskins leading the Stockton Bears 16-6. Referee Tim Winek said he had just called a penalty on Brian Wood, 13, a Stockton Bears player.
"There was a penalty on the play, and it was a late hit," Winek said. "The parent of the kid who got hit took exception to it. He came charging out onto the field."
Jim Fine, a field medic working at the game, was standing on the sideline when the late-hit call and subsequent brawl occurred. He said he saw Winek throw himself on top of Wood to fend off the blows raining down from a man witnesses identified as a Redskins assistant coach and the father of the boy who took the late hit.
"The ref over there (Winek) he got stomped, twisted in the neck," Fine said. "They were right in front of me. And then it was just a free-for-all - adults stomping kids, kids fighting kids, and moms and dads fighting moms and dads.
"Something this bad I've never seen in 11 years of doing this," Fine said. "The mob mentality just took over."
One witness identified the assistant coach as Corey Petro, but the Riveroak Redskins Web site lists him as Cory Petero, the team's equipment manager.
Stockton police Lt. Kevin Hatano said officers late Saturday were looking for the man witnesses identified as responsible for allegedly assaulting the boy.
"The investigation is going to be continuing on this. It may continue throughout the night," Hatano said. "We are taking it seriously, and we are going to look into this. But we don't have an arrest at this time."
Daniel Champion, who identified himself as Wood's father, said his son had bruises on his stomach and jaw from the assault. Champion said he saw his son's attacker flee the athletic field shortly after the brawl began. "He jumped the fence," Champion said.
Referees said that the brawl continued at varying levels of intensity for about 20 minutes. After police arrived, cooler heads prevailed and civility was restored.
"Every (remaining) coach on the other team apologized. The parents apologized," Champion said.
A man who identified himself as the head coach of the Riveroak Redskins, but who declined to give his name, had a somber talk with his players shortly before police escorted them to their cars.
"I'm part of this staff, and I apologize for what happened," the Riveroak head coach said. "I really don't know what to say."
He paused and sighed: "This is the first time I've ever had this happen."
Stockton Bears head coach Rudy Garrido Sr. said he will also have a hard time forgetting the game that ended in a brawl.
"This is a program for the kids to stay out of trouble. There are going to be calls for late hits. This guy (Wood) was walking back to the huddle; assistant coach comes running out, tackles him, starts hitting him. ... I'm worried about all the kids."
Referees said the layout of the field was partly to blame. In other locations, parents are sitting in bleachers and also may have the width of a running track between them and the field.
At Stagg High, however, parents were just across the sideline from the action on the field.
Winek said he saw the potential for trouble when he arrived. "The first thing we said to each other was, 'The parents are too close to the field.' "
Contact reporter Dana M. Nichols at (209) 754-9534 or [email protected]
