Morgan City High girls basketball schedule suspended after fight

The Morgan City High girls basketball schedule has been suspended for the rest of 2022 after a fight broke out at the end of Tuesday's game with Jeanerette.

The Louisiana High School Association website lists all 12 Tiger girls basketball games Nov. 17-Dec. 21 as being "canceled," but does not list the suspended games as forfeits.

Morgan City is now scheduled to resume play at home against Plaquemine on Jan. 10.

Seven Jeanerette games over the same period are also listed as canceled, with the only district game scheduled during that period, at Covenant Christian Dec. 19, listed as postponed.

Media accounts say the fight came just after Morgan City High's 38-25 victory over Jeanerette in the first game of the season for the two schools and that police were called in.

Neither the Morgan City Police Department nor the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office reported any arrests related to fighting or juvenile arrests since Tuesday.

Violence has touched another athletic event involving a local team.

Berwick High is set to play in the prep football regional game Friday at Bogalusa, where a shooting occurred outside the football stadium Oct. 14. Berwick police are helping Bogalusa police provide extra security for playoff game.