Pennsylvania kids football game descends into chaos as coaches trade blows

Two Pennsylvania football coaches came to blows in a wild brawl that broke out in front of terrified third and fourth graders, shocking video shows.

Carlynton youth football coach DeQuay Canton, 24, was seen yelling and gesticulating angrily before rushing another coach during the fourth quarter of the game against Keystone Oaks in Carnegie on Saturday.

Carlynton was trailing 7-0 when tempers flared following a stoppage in play, video captured by concerned dad Ryan Crux shows. 

DeQuay Canton first squared up to a rival coach, who dwarfed him. Facebook / Ryan Crux

The crazy clip then shows Canton, wearing a green shirt, stomping over to the Keystone Oaks coach and squaring him up.

The pair scuffle as a referee frantically tries to keep the kids safe. More coaches then rush over to try and calm the commotion.

Canton was eventually taken down after shoving a woman during the kerfuffle — all while third- and fourth-graders watch on.

“Get the kids,” one parent shouts, according to the clip.

What exactly prompted the brawl is unclear, but Canton told KDKA he “lost his cool” after members of his squad claimed they’d been racially abused by rival players.


A youth football coach in a black shirt being tackled to the ground by another man, while several adults attempt to break up the fight on a grassy field.
Canton then took down another coach and the pair brawled. Facebook / Ryan Crux

The two coaches have since been indefinitely suspended while Steel City Youth Football League bosses investigate.

Canton has also come under fire on social media over the viral clip, with parents calling for his dismissal.

“This is disgusting for a youth football game,” one said.

“Embarrassing on both sides. Green shirt guy was looking for a fight thou [sic],” a second wrote.

“You could see it coming when he started flexing,” another chimed in.

The wild scenes came just a week after a furious Wisconsin dad tripped a 9-year-old football player during a game after becoming “upset over a play.”

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