{"id":2423423,"date":"2025-04-14T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-basketball-player-charged-with-3-felonies-over-in-game-incidents\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:26:02","slug":"high-school-basketball-player-charged-with-3-felonies-over-in-game-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-basketball-player-charged-with-3-felonies-over-in-game-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Basketball Player Charged with 3 Felonies Over In-Game Incidents"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhigh-school-basketball-player-charged-with-3-felonies-over-in-game-incidents%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=2423423&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high school basketball player<\/a> named Gage Ketterman, 18, from Harman school in West Virginia, has been charged with felony assault after an incident during a game on February 27. He allegedly elbowed a rival player from Union High School, resulting in the player suffering a broken nose that bled profusely for over four hours.The incident, classified as an assault by local police, was reportedly intentional, as outlined in a criminal complaint from the victimS mother. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities reviewed video footage that showed Ketterman swinging his elbow directly into the victim&#8217;s face and making subsequent aggressive moves towards other players. Consequently, he faces three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">felony charges<\/a>: one for malicious assault and two for attempted malicious assault. Ketterman has been released on bond, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-year-old-rape-victims-mom-is-in-domestic-relationship-with-her-alleged-illegal-alien-rapist\/\" title=\"10-Year-Old Rape Victim&#039;s Mom Is in Domestic Relationship With Her Alleged Illegal Alien Rapist\">preliminary hearing scheduled<\/a> for May 22.  <\/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 high school basketball player in West Virginia is facing charges after a rival player suffered a broken nose when hit by an elbow during a game.<\/p>\n<p>Gage Ketterman, 18, of Bowden, who played for Harman School, was charged with deliberately elbowing another player, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/news\/crime\/harman-basketball-player-charged-after-allegedly-breaking-opposing-players-nose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBOY-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on Feb. 27. West Virginia State Police were called by a woman who said her 17-year-old son&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brother-lsu-basketball-player-arrested-multiple-charges-jumping-court-melee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nose was broken<\/a> during a game and classified the incident as an assault.<\/p>\n<p>She told police that her son&rsquo;s broken nose bled &ldquo;profusely&rdquo; for longer than four hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">West Virginia high school basketball player faces felony charges for repeated fouls, including breaking competitor&rsquo;s nose <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0W1Ji9rMCN\">https:\/\/t.co\/0W1Ji9rMCN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QcYO8CAq6F\">pic.twitter.com\/QcYO8CAq6F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1911612034543767725?\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2025\/04\/10\/high-school-basketball-player-charged-after-in-game-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Virgina MetroNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia State Police then reviewed multiple video clips of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The review, according to WBOY, showed one player swinging his elbow &ldquo;directly into the face&rdquo; of a Union High School player and showed instances when Union players were struck in the back of the head by an elbow.<\/p>\n<p>One video of a player hitting another with an elbow was posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100028911940928\/videos\/615806451318609\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to MetroNews, troopers found that the suspect &ldquo;placed both his feet firmly on the floor, reared back and swung his elbow directly into the face of (the victim).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Troopers said, the video showed the player &ldquo;swinging his elbow wildly again and striking the back of the head&rdquo; of the same player who was hit in the face.<\/p>\n<p>A third clip showed the suspect &ldquo;again swinging his elbow wildly at the head of another Union player,&rdquo; troopers wrote, noting that the player was a 16-year-old, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintermountain.com\/news\/local-news\/2025\/04\/harman-player-charged-after-on-court-incident-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter-Mountain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That elbow swing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-msu-football-players-charged-scuffle-rivals-let-off-no-criminal-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit the player<\/a> in the shoulder and then the head, troopers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, according to WBOY, troopers believed the suspect was shown &ldquo;wiping something off the elbow he had just used to strike [the Union player].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The player&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-update-case-basketball-player-charged-attacking-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actions<\/a> appeared to be &ldquo;intentional and criminal malicious in nature,&rdquo; troopers said.<\/p>\n<p>Ketterman, who was 18 at the time of the incident, was charged with three felony counts &mdash; one for malicious assault and two for attempted malicious assault.<\/p>\n<p>Ketterman is free on bond. 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Gage Ketterman, 18, from Bowden and a member of Harman School&#8217;s team, has been accused of intentionally elbowing another player, as reported by WBOY-TV. The incident occurred on February 27 when West Virginia State Police were contacted by a woman whose 17-year-old son sustained the injury during the match. She informed authorities that her son&#8217;s broken nose bled heavily for over four hours. A criminal complaint stated that Ketterman&#8217;s actions appeared to be intentional and aimed at causing harm. After reviewing video footage of the game, police noted multiple instances where Ketterman swung his elbow at opposing players&#8217; heads and faces. He has been charged with three felonies: one count of malicious assault and two counts of attempted malicious assault, and he is currently out on bond with a preliminary hearing set for May 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2423424,"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\/04\/Basketball-Felony.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34412,49011,32779,33418,46009],"class_list":["post-2423423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-felony-charges","tag-high-school-basketball","tag-legal-issues","tag-sports-controversy","tag-youth-sports"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Basketball-Felony.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423423","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=2423423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423427,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423423\/revisions\/2423427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}