La Salle Parent ‘Banned for Life’ After Assaulting Coach at RI State Championship
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Rhode Island Interscholastic League has banned a parent for life from attending any league games in Rhode Island after his arrest.
As GoLocalProv.com first reported this week, a parent for the winning La Salle Academy Boys Lacrosse team was charged with assault by Cranston Police for attacking a coach for the Moses Brown team.
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Tom Mezzanotte, the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, tells GoLocal this is the first time the league has ever handed down such a punishment.
“He is banned from all future RI Interscholastic games,” said Mezzanotte, the long-time head of the league and former principal at Classical High School.
“It is unbelievable what goes on at games at the youth level to high school. It is a societal issue,” he said. "Do we have to ban parents from games?”
“Parents should enjoy attending and participating. Sports are a great learning experience, but there simply is no room for this type of horrific behavior,” added Mezzanotte.
SEE THE IMAGES FROM THE STATE LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE
The Incident
According to sources at the game, Young approached the coaching staff of Moses Brown team following the game and slapped one of the coaches, after La Salle won 7-6.
Young was then escorted off the field.
Cranston Detective Robert Tortorella wrote the following in his report.
On 6-7-19 I spoke with suspect Scott Young regarding this ongoing investigation where he was alleged to have assaulted [redacted] at the conclusion of a lacrosse game at Cranston Stadium.
Young agreed to present himself at CPDHQ on this date where he was printed and processed w/o incident. He was released by JP Lazieh upon conclusion of his arraignment on RIGL Simple Assault 11-5-3, and Disorderly Conduct 11-45-1.
Young was released on $1000 bail for the two misdemeanors.
Winning and Losing
Mezzanotte pointed to the positive. He said that after the Bishop Hendricken win over La Salle Academy, he said the La Salle coaches could not have been better and more gracious. “It was a heartbreaking loss and they could not have been better,” said Mezzonote.
"Sports has great life lessons..winning and losing, but we need to make sure it is not ruined," he added.
SEE IMAGES FROM THE DIVISION 1 BOYS BASEBALL HERE
This story was first published at 6/12/19 10:57 AM