Basketball Rivalry Turns Ugly as Principal Accused of Brawl
A Kennewick high school reporter accuses the Pasco principal of aggressive, barroom-style behavior during a school basketball game.
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The basketball game played last Friday night at Pasco resulted in a score of 37 to 24 in favor of the Kennewick team. The game was hardly contested by both teams and resulted in numerous fouls, the Pasco team being penalized in this particular the greater number of times. There were no untoward incidents so far as the players on either team were concerned, but the game was disgraced by several attempts to start a fight made by the principal of the Pasco high school, Mr. Dunning, against the Kennewick coach and one of the Kennewick players. The Kennewick team offers its condolences to the Pasco school board for having in charge of their high school an individual whose methods savor of the barroom or prize ring rather than of the school room.
“The game was disgraced by several attempts to start a fight made by the principal of the Pasco high school.”
Small-town sports rivalries in the Tri-Cities have a long, storied history. While today's school boards manage their administrators more formally, the raw, localized tension between Kennewick and Pasco remains a regional constant.
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