Ann Arbor Huron-Pioneer football brawl: Student suspension totals to be released Thursday
District officials are waiting to release information on the number of players suspended from Huron and Pioneer’s varsity football teams until Thursday.
How many football players from Huron and Pioneer high schools could face suspensions for their involvement in a brawl Friday night was still unclear Wednesday evening.
Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com
Ann Arbor Public Schools spokeswoman Liz Margolis said Tuesday the number of student suspensions would be shared Wednesday at the conclusion of the district’s investigation. Details on the delay of the release were not provided.
“We’re just trying to be very thorough in a messy situation and ask for everybody's patience,” Margolis said Tuesday.
Any players ejected by referees for their postgame actions would be ineligible to play on Friday regardless of the district's action, but AAPS could suspend more players and extend pre-existing suspensions. The number of players, if any, ejected by referees is unknown at this time.
Sources have said multiple players were suspended from each team. Margolis could not confirm this information.
AAPS fired the Pioneer High School assistant coach who was accused of pushing Huron head coach Cory Gildersleeve, which started the brawl between players and coaches from both Huron and Pioneer Friday night. The shove came after Gildersleeve and Pioneer head coach Paul Test exchanged heated words mid-field.
Pioneer linebackers coach Robert Eanes also was facing a suspension for mouthing off to Huron athletic director Dottie Davis. But Eanes told AnnArbor.com Wednesday he would be permitted to coach after apologizing.
Danielle Arndt covers K-12 education for AnnArbor.com. Follow her on Twitter @DanielleArndt or email her at daniellearndt@annarbor.com.
Comments
PMD
Tue, Oct 23, 2012 : 8:25 p.m.
The recent studies on football and head injuries are pretty evident at this game. In the real world the consequences of throwing a punch are harsh . The coaches need to be released and if they are not this problem will occur again. I grew up in the Ann Arbor area but moved to New Hampshire a few years ago primarily so that we could combine athletics and academics for our High School aged children in an much healthier enviromnment than Michigan. Our area of New Hampshire has a "no cut" philosophy for sports and also football is not the most popular sport at the HS, the most popular sport at the HS is rowing with approx 170 kids rowing from a student body off 700 students and this is because the kids have realized that there arre are sports for those that are not able to play "traditional" sports.
jns131
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 5:59 p.m.
So the assistant goes scott free for apologizing and yet everyone else gets a suspension? There is something critically wrong here. Everyone gets a suspension, not just a few. Sounds like someone is swinging some weight around.
treetowncartel
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 3:31 p.m.
BTW A2.com writers, a local television station did a piece last night on a Huron football player who was a former player for Westland John Glenn. The report indicated John Glenn coaches put his picture up in the locker room and that the team should make sure to give him a season ending injury.
say it plain
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 4:42 p.m.
Omg, *yeah* varsity football teaches such wonderful things, really preps our young men for life. WOW. Tell us again, Trustee Stead, about how amazing these programs are for our kids' development! And how you just want to make sure it's understood to be a 'privilege' to participate lol. I'm sure they couldn't learn and experience such intimidation bullying assault and threatened assault from, say, more tennis or volleyball or softball programs!
A2Ray
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 4:35 p.m.
Too bad, it sounds like they've intimidated him already. "Still, Quavon says the whole thing upsets him and he won't be playing Friday night because he doesn't want to take a chance."
OLDTIMER3
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 4:30 p.m.
If the story is true ,all they would need to do is have him wear a differeant numbered uniform so it would be harder to identify him..
Barb
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 3:45 p.m.
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/was-a-high-school-football-player-the-target-of-a-game-plan-to-take-him-out-school-says-no
Cindy Heflin
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 3:39 p.m.
We are aware of this and will have something posted on our site soon.
treetowncartel
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 3:22 p.m.
Are these kids getting suspensions from the football program, school or both?
treetowncartel
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 5:07 p.m.
@ Danielle, since you have access to the district, a good follow up question would be if they would suspend students from the district who got in a fight at a football game, but were not on the football team?Say somebody shoved somebody in the concession line and it escalated into fisticuffs.
Danielle Arndt
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 3:47 p.m.
treetown, thanks for your question. We haven't been told one way or the other yet. But what we have been told is that the suspensions for coaches who are also teachers will not apply to the classroom. So if the district is disciplining coaches and students the same way, which we have not been told, then I would assume student suspensions would not apply to the classroom either. But as I said, that's just my own personal take. We will report more information as soon as it is available.
David
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 11:51 a.m.
Robert Eanes is an offensive line coach for A2 PiHi. Even though the website lists him as a linebacker coach.
Ownit
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 11:35 a.m.
There are coaching positions open at all of the Ann Arbor high schools, here is a challenge to everyone that can provide better coaching than what is currently in place, please apply! It is odd that we have a million sideline critics that have the solutions and better coaching capabilities though they never grace us with any of it. Please do and maybe just maybe we will be criticizing you! Go purple!
say it plain
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 4:17 p.m.
Ah, @tellit, good one! And lol @Craig Lounsbury. ...despite my belief that we can reasonably live without multi-million-dollar varsity football programs at the high school level, I wondered aloud and a little heatedly the same thing about the Alabama game!
Ownit
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 12:14 p.m.
I may have been criticized and or dealt with someone that was "bad" in their profession, though if I was able to provide a solution or assistance in any way, I would.
tellit
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 12:02 p.m.
For the better coaches hopefully you make the paper for "being providing better coaching than this".
beachbaby
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 12:01 p.m.
So you have never criticized anything beyond the scope of your profession? You are quite lucky you have never had a bad teacher, bad sales experience, bad politicians, etc...unless of course you are all these things.
Unusual Suspect
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 11:57 a.m.
"It is odd that we have a million sideline critics that have the solutions and better coaching capabilities though they never grace us with any of it." Some of us sideline critics are already coaches in other sports and already providing better coaching than this.
Craig Lounsbury
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 11:55 a.m.
I don't buy your argument. One can recognize flaws without being able to do better. For instance I can wonder aloud at the wisdom of trying to use Dennard Robinson as a drop back passer against Alabama without being a better coach than Brady Hoke.
jcj
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 2:49 a.m.
Amazing the people that have been all over this story (you might say obsessed) .But those same people do not seem to be interested in ANYTHING else in the news.
beachbaby
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 12:02 p.m.
U.S. well done to you also, lol
Unusual Suspect
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 11:55 a.m.
We all have our interests and obsessions. Proposal 3, for example, for some certain people.
jpud
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 : 1:31 a.m.
Getting it right is not so tough, don't play this week and spend the time talking about sportsmanship and do some community service.