{"id":2412060,"date":"2025-03-10T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-high-school-track-star-injured-during-state-final-when-opponent-uses-baton-like-a-club\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:31:35","slug":"watch-high-school-track-star-injured-during-state-final-when-opponent-uses-baton-like-a-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-high-school-track-star-injured-during-state-final-when-opponent-uses-baton-like-a-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: High School Track Star Injured During State Final When Opponent Uses Baton Like a Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-high-school-track-star-injured-during-state-final-when-opponent-uses-baton-like-a-club%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high school track event<\/a> in Virginia,\u2063 Kaelen Tucker was injured when \u2064an opponent\u2063 accidentally \u200cstruck her \u200bin \u200dthe head\u2062 with a baton during\u200d the 4X200 relay race.\u2062 Tucker, representing \u2062Brookville High\u2063 School, experienced difficulty merging with her competitor\u2064 from I.C.Norcom\u200c High\u200c School, which led to the incident. \u2063After being hit, she fell\u2064 off the track and later reported symptoms consistent with a concussion and potential skull fracture.<\/p>\n<p>despite \u2064the seriousness of the situation,\u2063 Tucker&#8217;s mother expressed\u200c their disappointment that no one from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-10-most-important-unwritten-rules-in-baseball\/\" title=\"Here Are The 10 Most Important \u2018Unwritten Rules\u2019 In Baseball\">opposing team<\/a> offered apologies or showed concern after the incident. In a family&#8217;s video of the event, Tucker appeared shocked and was unable to comprehend the accident fully. Additionally, the \u2063athlete who \u200cstruck Tucker, alaila Everett,\u2064 defended herself, claiming \u2063the incident was unintentional and expressing her frustration over the negative portrayal she received from others following\u2062 the video\u2019s circulation.The Norcom team was disqualified due to the incident, highlighting the serious nature of the mishap\u2064 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-we-feel-the-civil-rights-are-being-violated-we-will-act-u-s-secretary-of-education-miguel-cardona-on-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"\u2018If We Feel The Civil Rights Are Being Violated, We Will Act\u2019: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona On Transgender Athletes In Women\u2019s Sports\">championship event<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Virginia high school track event last Tuesday ended with one athlete injured after she was hit in the head by a baton wielded by an opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Kaelen Tucker was running in the 4X200 race for Brookville High School against I.C. Norcom High School in the Class 3 Track and Field State Finals when a Norcom runner struck her in the head with the baton that runners pass in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inexcusable-police-chief-says-partygoers-threw-glass-bottles-at-cops-near-college-campus\/\" title=\"\u2018Inexcusable\u2019: Police Chief Says Partygoers Threw Glass Bottles At Cops Near College Campus\">relay races<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you go to the other side of the track, you have to cross into lane one, you have to merge in. As I was coming up on her, she kind of like made me get cut off a little bit, so I backed away,&rdquo; Tucker said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/news\/local\/2025\/03\/08\/family-looking-for-an-apology-and-answers-after-daughter-attacked-during-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSLS-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Then, as we got around the curve, she kept bumping me in my arm. Then finally we got off the curve, I like slowly started passing her, and then that&rsquo;s when she just hit me with the baton, and I fell off the track,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was captured on a family video that has been posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WxrL-9BwRH4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WxrL-9BwRH4?si=-mtMJi7CvhFHKGiS\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Norcom was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-county-nukes-unfair-advantage-abused-transgenders-bans-male-athletes-competing-girls-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disqualified<\/a> because of the incident, which left Tucker with a throbbing head.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I could feel like a headache coming up, so I just sat out,&rdquo; Tucker said. &ldquo;I recently went to the doctor, and they prescribed me with a concussion and a possible fractured skull.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I still can&rsquo;t believe it. I&rsquo;m in shock,&rdquo; she said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/sports\/high-school-sports\/why-havent-you-apologized-a-search-for-answers-after-on-track-attack-at-state-finals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSET-TV<\/a>. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still trying to take it all in, I can&rsquo;t believe it happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tamarrow Tucker, Kaelen&rsquo;s mother, said the opposing team never batted an eye.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No apologies. No coaches. No athlete. No anything. Even if it was an accident, which I don&rsquo;t believe it was &hellip; nothing,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">  <\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The whole section just gasped,&rdquo; Tamarrow Tucker said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/virginia-high-school-track-star-bashed-head-opponent-baton-i-just-disbelief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We had family come from out of town, her godparents were here from Myrtle Beach. Everybody just gasped. When I saw her go down, all I could do is run out of the bleachers. I just knew I had to get to her,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was kind of hysterical because she just couldn&rsquo;t believe that&rsquo;s what had happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As video of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/runner-collapses-meet-becomes-unconscious-teammate-ensures-not-left-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a> circulated, Alaila Everett, the Norcom athlete who struck Tucker, said she is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usa-today-retroactively-changes-female-athletes-op-ed-calling-words-hurtful-transgender-competitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unfairly portrayed<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavy.com\/news\/i-c-norcom-track-star-speaks-out-after-hitting-opponent-in-head-with-baton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAVY-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everybody has feelings, so you&rsquo;re physically hurt, but you&rsquo;re not thinking of my mental,&rdquo; Everett said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like they are going off of one angle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After a couple times of hitting her, my baton got stuck behind her back like this, and it rolled up her back. I lost my balance when I pumped my arms again. She got hit,&rdquo; Everett explained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know my intentions, and I would never hit someone on purpose,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are assuming my character, calling me ghetto and racial slurs, death threats &hellip; all of this off of a nine second video.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Kaelen Tucker, competing for Brookville High School in the 4X200 race against I.C. Norcom High School during the Class 3 Track and Field State Finals, was hit by a baton during the relay. Tucker recounted that as she approached another runner, she had to back off due to being cut off, and after some bumping on the curve, she began to pass her opponent when the baton struck her head, causing her to fall off the track. The incident was recorded on video and shared on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this incident, Norcom was disqualified, leaving Tucker with a painful headache. She later visited a doctor who diagnosed her with a concussion and potential skull fracture. In disbelief over what happened, Tucker expressed shock at the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Tamarrow Tucker, Kaelen&#8217;s mother, noted that there were no apologies or acknowledgment from the opposing team following the incident. She described how everyone gasped when they witnessed Kaelen fall and rushed to help her as she became hysterical.<\/p>\n<p>In response to circulating videos of the event, Alaila Everett\u2014the Norcom athlete involved\u2014claimed she is being misrepresented and emphasized that it was unintentional. She explained that while trying to run past Tucker multiple times during their race caused her baton to get caught behind Tucker\u2019s back before hitting her unintentionally. Everett expressed frustration over receiving negative comments about her character based solely on short video footage of what transpired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2412061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kass-Working-Feature-Image-4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51889,51886,51887,51888,37605],"class_list":["post-2412060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-baton-incident","tag-high-school-track","tag-sports-injury","tag-state-finals","tag-track-and-field"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kass-Working-Feature-Image-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412060"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412065,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412060\/revisions\/2412065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}