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Investigators allege there were three hazing incidents at Haverhill High School athletic facilities between Aug. 18 and Oct. 12, targeting three different victims. The specifics of the situation were not released, but school officials have said there is video evidence

​It’s not just the annual Thanksgiving Day football game that’s been canceled in the fallout of a hazing incident at the high school in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Students say they’ve now been told they’re not allowed to attend the annual Turkey Toss — another tradition they’re losing after missing out on countless events during the pandemic.

School officials in Haverhill, Massachusetts have called a “time out” for the entire football team, by canceling the rest of the season — including the big Thanksgiving game. It’s all because of allegations of misconduct students on the team are facing. The football coaches have been placed on paid administrative leave, while the school and police conduct a full investigation….

Haverhill Public Schools have canceled the end of the high school football season amid an investigation into alleged misconduct involving members of the team, district officials wrote in a letter to families Wednesday. The letter, signed by Supt. Margaret Marotta, Haverhill High School Principal Kevin Soraghan and Athletic Director Thomas O’Brien, did not provide details of what led to...

A high school in Rhode Island has suspended football until further notice due to allegations of hazing on the team, NBC affiliate WJAR reported Tuesday. North Smithfield High School was first alerted of the alleged hazing on June 20 and sent two emails to parents that day, according to Superintendent Michael St. Jean. Members of the 2021-2022 football team were…

A report from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey found that the Danvers Public School District failed in its response to discriminatory behavior among high school athletes. Healey’s office had been investigating how school leaders addressed allegations of troubling behavior on the varsity hockey team at Danvers High School. It said Monday that the school district had...

Three Norwich University students are facing criminal charges and others are being ticketed for hazing after an investigation into allegations of branding and waterboarding involving the women’s rugby team at the private military college, Northfield police said Friday. One 22-year-old female student is charged with simple assault and another is charged with reckless endangerment in the March 20 incident. Another…

Seven teenagers are facing criminal charges in connection to a hazing investigation in Woburn, Massachusetts. All of those charged are students at Woburn Memorial High School. Kevin Couceles says cellphone video shared on social media shows his then 14-year-old son being assaulted in the locker room after a football game last September. Several students, including football players in uniform, are…

The superintendent of schools in Danvers, Massachusetts, has announced her retirement amid the continued investigation into the district’s handling of hazing allegations. Dr. Lisa Dana was not available for comment Wednesday. The school committee issued a statement, but did not draw any connection between her decision to retire and the hazing scandal on the Danvers High School hockey team....

Anti-Semitic graffiti was found Wednesday at Danvers High School, just one day after district officials announced the wrestling team had been suspended while they investigated a fight over racist language and a team group chat where there were references to hazing and hateful and biased language. Principal Adam Federico said in an email to students and families that he was…

The Danvers Public Schools district sent a message to families Tuesday afternoon to inform them the wrestling team had been suspended and to reveal that a full investigation is underway

District officials announced Tuesday that they have suspended the Danvers High School wrestling team after a fight between two students prompted another investigation at the Massachusetts school. The Danvers Public Schools district sent a message to families Tuesday afternoon to inform them of the decision and to reveal that a full investigation is underway. According to the letter posted to…

Danvers school officials are expected to discuss Monday whether to remove the district’s superintendent over an alleged attempt to cover up bigoted locker room behavior by the 2019-2020 boys varsity high school hockey team. Danvers High School has been roiled by the description of rituals where players disrobed and were fondled, something dubbed “Gay Tuesday,” and where players were...

Teachers in Danvers, Massachusetts, are praising a student-athlete who came forward to detail violent, sexual, homophobic and racist hazing rituals in a high school hockey team locker room. Danvers High School has been roiled by the description of rituals where players disrobed and were fondled, something dubbed “Gay Tuesday,” and where players were roughed up if they didn’t shout...

Calls for Danvers community leaders to resign are growing louder over an alleged attempt to cover up bigoted locker room behavior by the 2019-2020 boys varsity high school hockey team.

An alleged hazing incident is under investigation at the high school in Woburn, Massachusetts. The Woburn Police Department received a complaint Wednesday involving members of a Woburn High School sports team regarding an incident earlier in the school year, according to a joint statement from Woburn Police Chief Robert Rufo, Mayor Scott Galvin and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Matthew Crowley….

Maine’s Brunswick High School has ended its football season three games early and its head football coach was fired after a school district investigation into a hazing incident.

Allegations of hazing on a Maine high school football team led to a coach being fired and the rest of the season being canceled.

Hazing in New Jersey will be met with harsher penalties under a new law named after Tim Piazza, a state native and Penn State student who died in 2017.