I was at the game when this happened. It really amazes me that people will form an opinion from hear say. Only a few people were at the game that posted here, the rest are just talking to talk. Here is what I witnessed, heard, and what people said directly after it happened.
1. The head coach of the Lumberton team was near the Bridge City sideline because his team was. For those of you who could not figure it out, those small lines on the field are called hash marks. The ball is placed left, right or center on the hash marks depending where the ball is whistled dead.
2. In the third quarter, a Bridge City coach(or parent with field badge) was yelling obscene comments to the Lumberton players(yes, the 7 & 8 year olds)......"Get butt off the field, you cant play with our kids. According to several people (and kids, mine for one), he did this several times.
3. One of the Lumberton Board members went up to ask him to shut up. That coach took a swing and hit the board member on his chin. This is when most of Lumberton's coaches went to the Bridge City sideline. They talked and started to walk away. That same BC coach or parent called one of the Lumberton team moms a . That happened to be the Lumberton head coaches sister. At that point he ran up and the big fight started. By the way, noone spit on anyone. Cops were called and I guess we will read about it in the paper.
That was fact, now my 2 cents. I feel all the coaches that fought should be banned from coaching. This is not something we should teach our kids. My kid was playing in that game. I wish it would of never happened. However, I can't say I wouldn't hurt someone if they called my wife a name in front of me. If my child would have been near or around the fight, I would have been there to protect him. If someone would of came at me, I would have protected myself. So, who's fault was it?? Well, Bridge City threw the first swing. The sad part about it, it was one guy. One stupid guy shouting comments that the referees should have heard and reacted by banning him from the field. They did not control the field and a fight was the result. So in order, its That Stupid Guy, Referees, Bridge City, and Lumberton!