Howell, MI - A high school hockey team’s season was put on indefinite hold after a seemingly wild weekend that included an incident that the school concluded was hazing. The Howell (Michigan) High School team was on a school-sponsored team trip to Marquette, Michigan when members of the team reportedly ended up walking around a bar wearing women’s ‘unmentionables.’ In an interview, head coach Randy Montrose referred to the incident as a “runway show” – adding that it involved swimsuits. Photographic evidence obtained by the administration contradicted his account. The photos – which unmistakably placed the coaches, other players, many parents, and bar patrons in the audience – showed some of the students dressed in women’s underwear – reportedly including ‘bras, panties and girdles.’ This while the students were walking around a bar located across the street from their Marquette hotel. Girdles?!? Please tell me that these kids didn’t also break in to the Northern Michigan Historical Museum of Women’s Undergarments! The Howell School Administration’s decision that it was a form of hazing resulted in the dismissal of Coach Montrose and his two assistants. “You work at building a program for 10 years and get the respect of kids and parents,” Montrose said. “It’s difficult.” Montrose added that what happened in Marquette was not hazing, it was ‘longtime team tradition’ on the team’s annual midwinter trip to Marquette. “It’s not hazing. This has been something like… a right of passage. It’s been done voluntarily by the boys. It’s more like team building,” Montrose said. Montrose said he will not fight the school’s decision to fire him. Howell police – who received a complaint about the incident – are reportedly waiting to see if Marquette police will pursue the matter. As for the team, the season is back on because an interim coach has reportedly been found. So, what say ye about high school boys in bras and panties at a bar during a school-sponsored away game… classic textbook hazing or IBM-worthy team-building exercise?
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