Beloit suspends 16 athletes after party
TIM UNRUH
BELOIT — Sixteen athletes from Beloit Junior-Senior High School have been suspended for at least one sporting event for attending a party Jan. 20 in rural Mitchell County.
The school’s Principal, Kelly Arnberger, said 11 members of the boys’ basketball team, including four starting players on the varsity squad, would sit out of tonight’s home game against Salina Sacred Heart.
Because of a shortage of players, there will be no junior varsity game, but the “C” team and varsity games will be played as scheduled, along with a girls’ varsity and junior varsity game. The boys’ varsity’s current record is 9-4.
Four varsity wrestlers from Beloit were suspended from competing Thursday night in a North Central Activities Association varsity dual match in Ellsworth. A junior varsity player, who was also involved, will be suspended from a later match. The wrestling team tied for the Class 3-2-1A state title in 2007. Arnberger wouldn’t name the students, but he figured the public would know who they were by attending the sporting events.
“I anticipate they will all be dressed appropriately, sitting behind the bench,” he said.
The party, allegedly at a farm house somewhere in Mitchell County, involves many more students, Arnberger said.
