Forfeit declared after Ala. football brawl

TARRANT, Ala. (AP) - Officials stopped a high school football game and declared a forfeit after a brawl that included some helmet-swinging broke out between the teams.

Tarrant Police Sgt. Kevin Higgins said the fight started after Wenonah’s Cortez Pickett took a handoff from quarterback Brandon Allen and Tarrant’s Deandre Nixon hit Pickett out of bounds with eight minutes left in the second quarter.

About 10 to 15 players were ejected and the game officials decided to declare a forfeit in favor of Wenonah after most of the Tarrant players were ejected for coming off the bench Thursday night. Wenonah led 12-0 at the time.

Higgins says a Wenonah player suffered a minor injury and was treated on the sidelines by a trainer.