'Tension is very high' after boy breaks girl's teeth in field hockey match, superintendent says

Bill Runey, a Massachusetts superintendent, appears on ‘OutKick The Morning’ to talk outrage after field hockey incident

Tensions are high in a Massachusetts school district where a high school female field hockey player suffered "significant facial and dental injuries" after being hit in the face on a shot from a male opponent, an official said Wednesday.

Bill Runey, the Dighton-Rehoboth superintendent of schools, appeared on "OutKick The Morning" with Charly Arnolt and described outrage in the district.

"It’s very hot. The tension is very high," Runey said. "At first, it was a sense of trauma. I went to meet the bus when the girls returned from Swampscott because I wanted to let them know that they had the support of the district. 

"That we were gonna have resources available to them the next school day with our counseling staff. And the trauma that I saw in their eyes, the sadness I saw in their eyes and in the eyes of the coaches is something that I will never, ever forget.

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The incident occurred at a field hockey game in Massachusetts. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

"And now, it has turned to an outrage because of the fact that it doesn’t seem as if anybody is willing to listen to change."

Runey’s remarks came after Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey captain Kelsey Bain wrote a letter to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) urging it to make a change to its rules. She wrote that the "MIAA needs to do better."

Bain cited an article from the New Boston Post that said there were 41 boys who played on girls field hockey teams during the 2019-20 school year. Bain suggested the MIAA create a new league.

"There is likely more interest, but the stigma of