Toothpicks On Field Sideline Football Game
Prank Causes Game To Be Moved
POSTED: 9:02 am CDT October 16,
2007
UPDATED: 10:43 am CDT October 16,
2007
SAGINAW, Mich. -- Thousands of toothpicks caused a big problem for the Tawas Braves high school football team.Friday night's highly anticipated matchup between rivals Tawas and the Alcona Tigers was to determine a play-off spot for one of the teams, WNEM-TV in Saginaw reported.The game was scheduled to be played at Tawas, but thousands of toothpicks sticking up out of the ground on the field prompted officials to move the game 40 miles to Alcona's home field.Instead of the usual 1,000 fans showing up for a Tawas home game, only 150 made the trek to Alcona.Incidentally, though, Tawas beat Alcona 49-0.Students from the toothpick-laden school have alluded to the involvement of students from Oscoda, which Tawas beat 72-0 a few weeks ago. It was a record worst for the school.The toothpicks were removed one by one by fans and school officials.Michigan State Police were notified of the incident.
Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
