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Sayreville Cancels High School Football Season After Allegations of Hazing, Bullying

Sayreville

School Superintendant Roch Labbe announced during a emergency meeting Monday night  that the district has canceled the remaining portion of the football season because of what he labeled as “substantial and credible evidence” that the Sayreville football program is filled with “pervasive and wide-scale incidents of alleged harassment, intimidation and bullying.”

The high school touted one of the top football programs in the state, has canceled their entire season after accusations of wide-spread hazing and bullying Labbe said in front of the standing room only late night meeting. 

The school district remains on stand-by with crisis counselors, a school psychologist and an outside agency for any students that might need any form of counseling, whether they were victims or impact in another way regarding the situation, Labb said. 

The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating the allegations after several students came forward with information regarding the incident according to Labb. 

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