Brawl At Lincoln-Way East Girls Football Game Caught On Video

FRANKFORT, IL — A football game between Lincoln-Way East High School junior and senior girls turned into a brawl Sunday, according to cell phone video of the incident sent to Patch.

The fight took place at the closed Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort, according to a parent of one of the students in attendance. The footage shows multiple seniors, identified by the red T-shirts they wore for the game, surrounding a junior in a pink T-shirt, taunting her as she lay on the ground.

The junior then gets up and is shoved by more seniors before several fights break out among multiple students. Several students, both seniors and juniors, can be seen throwing kicks and punches while a group of boys records the fight, encouraging the girls to continue.

In video clips taken after the brawl, students can be heard discussing how Lincoln-Way East staff were made aware of reports of bullying prior to Sunday's game. Students are heard discussing how their addresses were sent out in group chats, and that there was a "kill list" circulated among students prior to the game.

No Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 staff is seen on the videos during or after the brawl.

"The event in question was in no way sanctioned or sponsored by Lincoln-Way East High School or Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210," District Spokesperson Jen Beshansky wrote in an emailed response to a request for comment. "Staff was not made aware of any planned event at the Lincoln-Way North campus. Any students found violating Board policy and/or Code of Conduct will be subject to disciplinary action."

Will County Sheriff's Office said that deputies were called to Lincoln-Way North to respond to the brawl. Deputies spoke with students who remained at the scene and called in parents of those students to come pick them up. The deputies also made home visits to those students who had left the scene prior to the deputies' arrival, the sheriff's office said.

The case is still under investigation by Will County Sheriff's Department. No charges have been filed at this time, the sheriff's office said.

Patch made an editorial decision not to publish the cell phone footage because those involved are minors.

Patch will update this article as more information becomes available.

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