Teens Cut from Baseball Team after Sacrificing Chickens to Improve Play

04/02/11 Benbrook, Texas police are looking into allegations that two high school baseball players sacrificed chickens to improve their team. Officials with Western Hills High School said the boys have been kicked off the team. Fort Worth Independent School District spokesman Clint Bond said the incident happened during Spring Break. Bond did not know how many chickens allegedly were killed. He declined ...

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Bleacher Bits: Grisly sports ritual went too far

04/01/11 In a grisly example of life perhaps imitating art, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Thursday that two players on the Western Hills High School baseball team were involved in an act of cruelty to chickens in an effort to improve their...

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North TX high school students accused of sacrificing chickens

04/01/11 (NBC) Two North Texas high school baseball players are accused of sacrificing baby chicks superstitiously believing it would help their team. Benbrook Police allege the pair sacrificed live chickens on this field at Western Hills High School... Hoping to end a team slump.

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