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Video: High School Basketball Fight.

That’s when all hell broke loose.

The benches cleared, fists started flying and then fans spilled out of the stands and onto the court. The whole scene was captured on video by the Times of Norhtwest Indiana.

TEMPERS FLARE BETWEEN IONA AND ST. PETER’S

A hard foul in a game between Hammond and Griffith high school’s leads to an ugly, bench clearing brawl in Indiana on Saturday.

“It’s the worst flagrant foul I’ve ever seen since I’ve been coaching,” Gary Hayes, Griffith’s 68-year-old coach told the paper. “It was like a tackle in football. Anthony went into the wall like a rag doll.”

Echoles was ejected, and before the refs could clear the court, it was announced that the game, which Griffith was hosting, was cancelled.

Local police are working to identify any adults who ran onto the court, the Times reported, and Hammond HS is planning to file charges against an adult who allegedly hit one of the school’s players.

According to the Times, tensions were already running high before the game started. Several technical fouls were issued during the JV game, which preceeded the varsity tilt. Hammond’s athletic director, Larry Moore Sr., told the paper that players spend too much time before games talking trash on social media.

“I am going to address the problem,” Moore Sr., whose son coaches the varsity team, told the Times. “Our focus will be on playing basketball, staying off Facebook and trying to intimidate people. We are going to focus on our students being young men who respect their school and community.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/wild-brawl-mars-indiana-hs-basketball-game-article-1.2109442