Updated at 7:35 p.m.

Three McMinnville High School students face misdemeanor harassment charges for two alleged hazing episodes involving fellow players on the boys' soccer team, authorities said Wednesday.

A police investigation began after school district staff notified a school resource officer of an incident on a bus ride back from a match in late August, according to the city's police department.

The other hazing episode occurred in October 2017, said Yamhill County District Attorney Brad Berry.

Both episodes involved offensive physical touching of more than one student, Berry said. He declined to elaborate and the school district also has released few details.

"There seems that there were lots and lots of people involved in the giving and receiving in this case," Berry said. "The school district is making it clear that this type of behavior is unacceptable and as a community we need to make it clear that this type of behavior is unacceptable."

Berry declined to name the students but said one is now 18 and will be tried as an adult.

The school district announced in September that three boys had been kicked off the team for the season and five others had been suspended for three weeks for the August bus incident.

McMinnville School District Superintendent Maryalice Russell on Wednesday declined comment on the charges.

In an earlier statement about the Aug. 30 bus ride, the district said school staff interviewed the team's 42 students and coaches and notified the students' parents that weekend.

The district found three students violated the school's athletic code of conduct and removed them from the team. The code of conduct includes policies that say no students should participate in hazing.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

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