A high school football game was delayed briefly Saturday when Burnt Hills High students directed a racially derogatory chant at visiting Amsterdam High.

The Amsterdam coaches were visibly upset on the sideline as the Burnt Hills student section chanted "Amster-ico," a reference to the school's Hispanic population.

The game was delayed as Burnt Hills High coach Matt Shell got on the public-address system to ask his school's students to stop. He threatened to end the game, which was in the fourth quarter, if the chant continued.

"The thing in the stands was kids and not the adults," Shell said after his team won 49-0. "Kids are kids, and they get emotional. You see it on the football field, it's an emotional game. The Amsterdam kids, we've played them for years, and they're good kids. That stuff, there's no place for it in the game, whether it's coming from the stands or whether it's coming from the field. There's no place for it."

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