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Deberg_1990 · 03-29-2012, 09:11 AM

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CHESTER COUNTY, SC (WBTV) - An investigation is underway after video shows a teenage girl being assaulted during a high school soccer match.

The attack happened during a soccer game between Chester High School and Lewisville High School on Monday evening around 5:30 p.m.

The video, which was shot by WBTV's partner CN2 News, shows a player from Lewisville tripping and falling to the ground.

The player, later identified as 18-year-old Annette McCullough who is a senior at Lewisville, then gets off the ground and punches a nearby Chester High school player. The teen victim is then dragged to the ground by her hair, while McCullough continues to punch her in the face, the video shows.

The attack lasted around ten seconds before a woman is able to separate the two players. The video shows McCullough punching the victim at least eleven times.

A referee then escorts McCullough off the field.

Chester County Sheriff Richard Smith told WBTV that deputies were called to Lewisville High School to the report of an assault. McCullough is being charged with simple assault, according to the incident report from the Sheriff's Office.

Referees will review the video with the South Carolina High School League to see if any punishments will be handed down.

"Some incidental contact ended in one girl going down and she just got up and started pummeling," referee Alan Parker said after the game. It's unfortunate, it really is. Contact is a part of soccer, but when you retaliate like that, obviously, there is no place in the game for that."

Parker, who has been coaching, playing and refereeing for many years, says it isn't uncommon to see a scuffle, but this was different.

"Occasionally you have players that go at it, on the field together, but in this case it was just one girl pummeling the other girl," he said. "And she didn't stop which is even more egregious."

The victim's mother, Juanita, says she was shocked by what she saw on the field.

"I think it is nonsense that girls can't come and play soccer without getting assaulted over nonsense, that's just how I feel about it," she said. "She's gonna have to go to the doctor and have some tests."

The Sheriff's report states that the victim had several "swollen knots behind her right ear" and a mark on her neck, but was not bleeding.

Juanita said that she believes McCullough needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and believes the senior should be banned from playing soccer in the league.

Lewisville High School's assistant head coach Paul Atkerson said that the team will deal with the incident.

"I know it will not be tolerated on this team and here in Lewisville," he said. "This is something that should not have happened, it should not have happened at all."

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Simply Red · 03-29-2012, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

Agreed, its just a bunch of people trying to force the race component down our throats but its really not black vs. white, its the white team vs. the blue team.

There are a lot more important problems than youth soccer games to worry about.

we have to end apartheid, for one, slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless...

and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women.

We have to encourage a return...

to traditional moral values.

Most importantly,

we have to promote general social concern... and less materialism in young people.

**Donger** · 03-29-2012, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red

There are a lot more important problems than youth soccer games to worry about.

we have to end apartheid, for one, slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless...

and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women.

We have to encourage a return...

to traditional moral values.

Most importantly,

we have to promote general social concern... and less materialism in young people.

"Free South Africa! You dumb sonofabitch!"

L.A. Chieffan · 03-29-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red

There are a lot more important problems than youth soccer games to worry about.

we have to end apartheid, for one, slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless...

and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women.

We have to encourage a return...

to traditional moral values.

Most importantly,

we have to promote general social concern... and less materialism in young people.

i have no idea what any of this means nor how it applies to that poor girl being scapegoated by the entire country.

Mile High Mania · 03-29-2012, 10:11 AM

I'm not one of those that would normally say that I'd press charges... but in this case, I certainly would.

Valiant · 03-29-2012, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by blaise

Sure, have fun knowing it'll be the last game you play that year I guess. I don't think getting knocked down would cause most reasonable people to jump up and start throwing punches but whatever. People get knocked down or fouled in sports all the time.
And yeah, it looked like she tried to give her a concussion by barely touching her.

No shit, I thought it was a great foul.

Only story is this is girls and trying to ride the tide of violence. Shit happens all the time(edit, I mean hard fouls). Punches happen also but not in that volley.

Fritz88 · 03-29-2012, 10:11 AM

Five dollars this thread eclipses 400 posts.

Mile High Mania · 03-29-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sannyasi

I saw shit like this happen all the time at the high school I went to, but no one ever got an assault charge over it.

Not that I don't think she should be charged, I just don't really see how his is news.

It's news because everyone has a recording device now and everyone is a news reporter... it's not something you see every day, I've been to many sporting events like this... not sure where you grew up, but no - this is not normal and should not be brushed aside.

blaise · 03-29-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

i have no idea what any of this means nor how it applies to that poor girl being scapegoated by the entire country.

Which girl?

Mile High Mania · 03-29-2012, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Fritz88

Five dollars this thread eclipses 400 posts.

By 2pm cst today, 3/29/12 or after...

L.A. Chieffan · 03-29-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by blaise

Which girl?

The one on the white team.

**RockChalk** · 03-29-2012, 10:14 AM

A defense team is being lined up. She will be cleared of all charges

blaise · 03-29-2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

The one on the white team.

The whole country is scapegoating her? Wow.

Fritz88 · 03-29-2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

By 2pm cst today, 3/29/12 or after...

Nah, it doesn't have as much burst to be that fast. I think I'll give it a few days.

L.A. Chieffan · 03-29-2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by blaise

Which girl?

#15 White team.

The one who was attacked initially.

BigChiefFan · 03-29-2012, 10:17 AM

Back in the day, this is how we handled disputes, with our fists.

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