MR. BAKER FIRED AS BASKETBALL COACH

Don Baker has been a fixture of Royalton-Hartland Athletics for a very long time. I graduated in 1993 and even back then the likable and popular Baker was involved with school sports.

He isn't anymore.

In a shocking development, the Lockport Union Sun and Journal is reporting in today's paper that Mr. Baker was terminated over a bullying incident that occurred on the girl's basketball team.

According to the article...

Sources told the Lockport Union Sun & Journal the matter involves a locker room incident in which some sort of attack was waged on a teammate who has learning disabilities. Neither MacDonald, nor any district officials would confirm that report.

The incident happened when the Roy-Hart Lady Rams played a girls basketball game at Barker High School on Jan. 18. It was also reportedly recorded on a cell phone.

When Roy-Hart administrators and district attorneys caught wind of the alleged attack, they took immediate action, MacDonald said. Baker's failure to report the incident resulted in his dismissal, MacDonald said.

Read the article online at the newspaper's website:

http://lockportjournal.com/local/x730436616/Bullying-incident-at-R-H-results-in-firing