Dirtiest basketball player in America
Jan 6, 2012, 4:09 AM | Updated: 12:35 pm
A video of a high school basketball game from eastern Washington is getting thousands of views online because of the rough play. The video shows a number of extremely hard fouls from a tri-cities area player, who’s being called “the dirtiest basketball player in America.”
The December 22 game between Connell and Highland high schools, near Yakima, has been edited to show all the flagrant fouls by Connell’s Cole Vanderbilt and Kennan VanHollebeke. Online Vanderbilt is receiving criticism calling him “the dirtiest basketball player in America.”
YouTube video posted by Michael Christenson of Yakima
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released a statement about the video which reads:
“The WIAA is currently working with the two schools, officials and Washington Officials Association on the situation. The WIAA has the utmost concern for the safety of the student-athletes and the welfare of the game.”
