Four Iraan football players face discipline in deer deaths

This is something that I very much hate hearing about and in my opinion these boys did not get half of what they deserved.

by: Associated Press

IRAAN, Texas — Four members of the Iraan High School football team accused in the beating deaths of two deer trapped on a baseball field will spend 88 days of the spring semester in an off-campus disciplinary program.

The school district’s superintendent says the boys will be allowed to play football in the fall, when they are expected to return to normal student status.

After the deer were found dead on the baseball field earlier this month, each of the students was cited on a charge of hunting deer with illegal means and hunting deer in closed season since the beatings allegedly happened at night.

Two of the students were identified as Call Cade, a first-team all-district quarterback, and Zac Owen, a first-team running back, Capt. Scott Davis of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said. Both are 17.

Cade and Owen could not be reached for comment Saturday and it was unclear if they had attorneys.

Davis and Iraan-Sheffield Superintendent Kevin Allen declined to give the names of the other students because they are minors.

All face up to $500 fines on two Class C misdemeanor counts when they meet with Pecos County Justice of the Peace Cathy Ervine and Davis for a plea hearing Jan. 8, the Odessa American reported for its Saturday editions.

The four will be sent to the Disciplinary Alternative Education Placement, which educates students off-campus. It would be up to coaches to determine whether the players need to complete any additional tasks before rejoining the team, Allen said.

Iraan, a community of about 1,100, is about 115 miles southwest of San Angelo, just west of the Crockett County line.