A teenage basketball player lashed out at two of his opponents during a game earlier this month… TMZ Sports As it became known, the police are now investigating the situation.
The contest ended in Georgia on Jan. 3 around 6 p.m., when Sonoraville High School took on Rockmart in Calhoun.
With a little less than halfway left in the tilt, a Rockmart player can be seen pushing the Sonoraville athlete to the ground. :
As another Sonoraville player ran to protect his teammate, the Rockmart player then bulldozed him with a big right as well.
Luckily, bystanders intervened before things got more physical.
According to a Gordon County Sheriff’s Office incident report we obtained, the 16-year-old’s violent outburst began because his opponent “kept calling him the N-word and he lost his temper.”
The report did not say whether or not the boy admitted to using racist language. We’ve reached out to Sonoraville High for comment, but have not yet heard back.
Dakich now faces two counts of simple battery, police documents say.
Rockmart has yet to publicly address the situation.
