A day after officials with during a game and displaying a Confederate flag, Weld Central officials denied the claims.
The Confederate flag, flown during the game between the two teams, touched off tense conflict on and off the field Friday night, and three players from Manual High School were injured, the Manual principal said in a community letter Saturday.
Players from Manual also told coaches that students on the visiting team, Weld Central High School, taunted them with racial slurs during tackles, according to principal Nick Dawkins’ letter.
Weld Central, in Keenesburg, has a Rebel as a mascot. Dawkins said the team displayed the Confederate flag during the first quarter of the game, offending players from the Denver high school.
Greg Rabenhorst, Keenesburg Re-3J School District superintendent, and Dan Kennedy, principal of Weld Central High School, said in a statement Sunday there is no evidence to support claims made my Manual officials.
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