The John Overton High School football program must forfeit its first-round playoff game after a fight broke out following the Bobcats’ win over Antioch last Friday.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association banned Overton and Antioch from postseason play this year and next season on Thursday. Antioch (0-10) did not make the playoffs this year.

Overton (4-6), which had earned the No. 3 seed from Region 5-6A, was scheduled to play at Ravenwood in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs on Friday. The Raptors will instead receive a bye.

The TSSAA staff reviewed video footage and the police report from the incident before handing down its ruling on Thursday afternoon.

According to a letter sent to both schools’ principals from TSSAA executive director Bernard Childress, several players from both teams engaged in a physical altercation that started when the teams lined up to shake hands following the Bobcats' 24-0 win.

“Instead, a fight quickly turned into a brawl,” Childress wrote. “There were unidentified adults and students on the field.”

According to the police report, officers were already on scene helping control the players when they observed an Antioch player “rare back with a helmet and start swinging.”

“This caused a riot to break out between the two teams and people started coming out of the stands,” the letter states. “At this time, officers put out a code 5000 (personnel in danger) as they saw things escalating quickly.”

Representatives of Overton and Antioch did not reply to requests seeking comment.

According to Metro police spokesman Don Aaron, the student resource officers assigned to work the game reported things as "chippy" between the two sides.

The SROs assigned, Aaron said, "did a very good job of handling the situation."

Midtown and Berry Hill police, along with the Metro juvenile crime task force, assisted with the incident. No one was arrested.

Both programs have been put on restrictive probation through the end of the 2019-20 school year, along with probation for the next two calendar years.

That means neither will be eligible for the 2019 football playoffs and are required to pay a total of $2,000 in fines.

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Ravenwood coach Matt Daniels first learned of the incident Thursday afternoon.

"Obviously we have to let our fans and booster club know," Daniels said. "A lot goes into a home playoff game at Ravenwood. We already painted our field and used up the rest of our paint, so it's kind of a bummer in terms of something like this not being on our radar earlier than Thursday.

"From a health standpoint it's a good thing for us, but the bad is that we played probably our best game of the year (last Friday), and now we have to put that momentum on hold."

Ravenwood will play the winner of Cane Ridge and Franklin in the second round on Nov. 9.

Reach Michael Murphy at mfmurphy@tennessean.com, 615-259-8026, and on Twitter @Murph_TNsports. Natalie Alund contributed to this story.

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