A high school basketball game between two Central Section rivals took an ugly turn Tuesday night, as a chant from one of the student sections led to a confrontation between administrators from the schools. Just before the final buzzer of St. Joseph’s 74-57 victory over visiting Righetti in the regular season finale for the two Santa Maria teams, some fans started chanting, “Where’s your passport?” According to the Santa Maria Times, the chant came from the Righetti student section and was apparently directed toward St. Joseph players. St. Joseph is a private school with a racially diverse student population. Kind of a disappointing ending to a good game as the visiting student section chanted “where’s your passport?”, apparently at SJHS players. Advertisement“I did have an emotional reaction to that” chant, Dougherty told The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 12, 2020 16:22 UTC