Story highlights A 16-year-old girl says two teens forced her into a girl's locker room and raped her

"It really just makes you mad," a local resident tells a television station

(CNN) Two 14-year-old boys pleaded not guilty Tuesday after being accused of raping a fellow student at a Hot Springs, Arkansas, high school.

The two entered the not-guilty pleas in a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon. Both boys are being held at the Garland County Juvenile Detention Center and have their next hearing on March 11, said Kirk Zaner with the Hot Springs Police Department.

The accuser, 16, told authorities that the boys approached her after school last Wednesday in the Lakeside High School field house and forced her into the girl's locker room, where they assaulted her, according to a news release from the Hot Springs Police Department.

The girl was on her way to athletic practice at the time of the alleged assault, Lakeside School District Superintendent Shawn Cook told CNN affiliate KATV

The boys were taken into custody Friday, the day after the girl reported the alleged incident, the police statement said. They stand charged with rape. It's unclear if they'll be charged as adults. The Hot Springs Police Department said it would not be releasing further information in the case.

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