Washington School District suspends two for involvement in fight

MONESSEN - Washington School District administrators have suspended two female students for their involvement in a fight that escalated into a brawl among fans at a basketball game Friday.

Monessen School District police also plan to cite those students, as well as a female Monessen graduate, for disorderly conduct over the fight that broke out in a hallway during halftime at a high school boys basketball game between the two schools, Monessen Superintendent Cynthia Chelen said.

"It's unfortunate that such a great game was marred by this event," Washington Superintendent Roberta DiLorenzo said after Washington principals on Monday visited Monessen to view surveillance of the ruckus.

In all, seven people are facing disorderly conduct citations over the fighting.

Several other Observer-Reporter stories about the incident are here, here, here and here. See Mike Kovac's column about it here.