Eastern Hills, Roosevelt fight results in football game ending, player suspensions
A fight between Fort Worth Eastern Hills and Dallas Roosevelt on Thursday night resulted in multiple ejections. The game was called with 6:44 left to play with Eastern Hills leading 35-12.
The cause of the fight is unclear, but both benches were cleared.
Several fans also jumped over the fence and ran onto the field.
According to Fort Worth ISD assistant athletic director Dean Pritchett, every player was ejected from the game. Per UIL rules, any player ejected from a contest is subject to an automatic penalty. The automatic penalty for such an ejection is as follows: Ejected player misses the rest of the game in which they were ejected plus the first half of the following game.
Eastern Hills was given the win and improved its record to 2-1.
Roosevelt dropped to 0-3.
It was the final nondistrict game for Eastern Hills as the Highlanders have a bye this week, but are set to begin district play against Kennedale on Sept. 23.
Based on UIL rules, Eastern Hills will not have varsity players available for the first half against Kennedale, but those players could play in the second half. As of Monday, nothing official has been released from either the school or district.
However, according to the Dallas Morning News, Roosevelt will play its JV players in the first half during its next game against Italy on Thursday. Roosevelt still has two games remaining on its nondistrict schedule.
This story was originally published September 12, 2022 at 6:24 PM.
