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October 23, 2007
An act of terrorism
What a dastardly prank! However, I don't see how all these toothpicks were such a hazard that the entire football game had to be moved to another place. They're just toothpicks. Yes, they're sharp and pointy, but they're also tiny and not likely to do much damage to a guy running around in football pads:
State police said five students are responsible for planting thousands of toothpicks in a high school football field.
According to state police, the students from Oscoda confessed to sticking about 5,000 toothpicks in the Tawas Area High School turf last week.
Players warming up for a game against Alcona noticed the toothpicks, which forced the game to be moved 37 miles north to Alcona County.
The students, one 17-year-old girl, three 16-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy, said they planted the toothpicks only as retaliation because their school was vandalized days before.
entry no. 988
Posted by oz115 at October 23, 2007 02:50 PM