• Jacob French, 17, was cited on two counts of harassment.

• Logan Williams, 17, was cited on three counts of harassment and one count of fourth-degree assault.

• Kenan Conner, 16, was cited on two counts of fourth-degree assault, 12 counts of harassment and one count of attempted harassment.

• Kane Rust, 15, was cited on one count of fourth-degree assault and three counts of harassment.

Attempted harassment is a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in detention. The charges of harassment, fourth-degree assault and second-degree criminal mistreatment are all Class A misdemeanors, which carry a sentence of up to one year in detention.

Haroldson said the assault and harassment charges involve allegations “wherein underclassmen’s intimate areas were aggressively targeted as a form of initiation.”

“The charges involve contact with the anus or anal area (or) aggressive contact with the testicles,” he said, adding that one of the alleged victims was involved in two incidents in which he was grabbed and held down.

A total of 35 Philomath players participated in a summer camp at Camp Rilea near Warrenton from July 9-13.