{"id":326031,"date":"2023-08-25T17:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326031"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:57:49","slug":"violent-social-media-threat-to-keep-spectators-from-attending-virginia-hs-football-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326031","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Violent&#039; social media threat to keep spectators from attending Virginia HS football game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The opening 2023 kickoff for two Richmond, Virginia high school teams will be without fans in the stands, a precautionary measure to what the district is calling a \u201cviolent\u201d social media threat that was made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Huguenot and Thomas Jefferson High Schools are scheduled to play the season opener on August 25 at the Falcons&#8217; field, but the reported incident has forced the schools to take preventative actions to ensure public safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Huguenot High School\u2019s Facebook page released the following statement on Thursday:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOur first priority is the safety and well-being of the RPS community. RPS is aware of a recent social media post regarding tomorrow\u2019s football game at Huguenot High School.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/local-news\/richmond\/no-fans-allowed-at-huguenot-thomas-jefferson-high-school-football-game-after-social-media-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRIC-TV in Richmond<\/a>, the following guidelines have been set:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No spectators will be allowed at the game<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Only players, coaches, cheerleaders, the band, and staff sponsors will be allowed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">School administration, safety and security personnel, and law enforcement will be present at all times<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Huguenot High School campus and parking lots will be closed during the game, and no visitors will be allowed on the school grounds<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Heightened concerns over the threat have only added to an exasperated dark cloud that looms over the area, with the incident following the tragedy that occurred during Huguenot&#8217;s graduation ceremony in early June, where a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/local-news\/richmond\/two-victims-killed-in-graduation-mass-shooting-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">graduate and his stepfather were shot and killed<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0outside of the event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While students and the community still work to recover from that harrowing act, the attention now turns to Friday night, shifting the focus away from the game to another senseless incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis violent threat against Huguenot is an ugly reminder of what happened on June 6 at graduation,&#8221; explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/local-news\/richmond\/no-fans-allowed-at-huguenot-thomas-jefferson-high-school-football-game-after-social-media-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richmond School Board member Jonathan Young<\/a>. &#8220;And if anyone needed another data point that coddling bad actors is a recipe for chaos then surely the inability to allow kids to even play a game should be it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No further updates have been provided at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/scores-live-in-game-results-around-the-nation-as-they-happen\">SCORES: Live in-game results around the nation as they happen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfhsnetwork.com\/?irclickid=UT%3A2XXXaMxyNR4rR9dTovRG2UkF3vdRpzQoRxg0&amp;irgwc=1&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=impact&amp;utm_campaign=USA%20TODAY%20Sports%20Media%20Group&amp;utm_content=1205322&amp;\">Live-Stream High School Sports on the NFHS Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Concerning news for Huguenot and Thomas Jefferson High Schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326033,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326031\/revisions\/326033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}