UPDATE 5:39 A.M.
Metamora Township High School has decided to forfeit its game rather than resume play Saturday against Peoria High School, said PHS Athletic Director Brien Dunphy.
UPDATED 9:26 P.M.
Despite Peoria Police saying the game would continue, multiple sources tell 25 News the game was stopped Friday, and a decision will be made Saturday morning as to when the game will resume.
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PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police claim what was thought to be a shots fired call at Friday night’s Peoria High School football game, in reality, wasn’t.
According to Peoria Police Public Information Officer Semone Roth, the incident at Peoria Stadium as the Lions took on the Metamora Redbirds was actually caused by “District 150 officers hitting their batons on the metal bleachers.” The new metal bleachers were part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar renovation announced earlier this year.
Roth says spectators were evacuated from the stadium, initially because it was thought to be an active shooter situation.
Roth says the rest of the game will be played without fans as a precaution. When the game was stopped in the second quarter, Peoria High was leading Metamora 34-16. Most of the game’s scoring had occurred in the first quarter.
This is only the first week of the high school football season across Illinois.
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