A youth football game in Racine turned ugly Saturday, August 22 when a parent from the opposing sideline ran onto the field and tripped a 9-year-old as he sprinted toward the end zone. The incident happened Saturday during a Brew City League 10-U game between the Case Eagles (also referred to as the Racine Eagles) and the Milwaukee Colts. Video captured by a parent shows the young Eagles player running toward the end zone when an adult from the Colts sideline comes onto the field and sticks out a leg, sending the boy to the ground. Both fell. Witnesses described the move as intentional.
“There was a parent on the other side of the field that just kind of he looked like he ran full force and just stuck his leg out,” witness Claire Bernal told WISN 12. She called the behavior “completely abhorrent.”
Case Eagles head coach Channing Schultz was out of town and learned about it from a flood of parent messages and the video. “I was filled with anger, it was disgusting. It was the most cowardly act I’ve ever seen,” he told CBS 58. “For him to just do it with so much intent and he was committed.” Schultz said the boy could have broken a leg or shin but got up unhurt. “He was back up like nothing happened. So that just speaks to who he is.”
A league representative told WISN the parent was banned and the Milwaukee Colts were fined. A person answering a Colts-listed number told CBS 58 the adult was not a coach, was removed from the game and the rest of the season, and that keeping spectators off the field is the league’s responsibility. CBS 58 also reported the parent was in custody; WISN said police responded, spoke with the man after the game, and had not confirmed by Wednesday whether a formal investigation was underway. The teams are scheduled to play again in two weeks. Schultz said he has never forfeited a game but wants his players to be safe.
The WISN clip, shared widely including in a X post by Collin Rugg, has drawn scathing criticism online, with some calling for assault charges. Local coaches and parents say the larger issue is adult behavior around kids’ sports. “We got to do better as adults,” Schultz said. “We should feel safe at games.”
