Ipswich Schools Dispute Claims of Fake Cigars in Lacrosse Suspension Controversy

School officials dispute claims of players, parents in Ipswich lacrosse suspension case

Were the cigars real? Ipswich school leaders are disputing the claims of players and parents in a lacrosse team suspension case that led to a state semifinal forfeit.

Massachusetts High School Lacrosse Players Suspended For Cigar Scandal Got Caught Lying About Fake Receipt

Ipswich has formally suspended six high school lacrosse players for smoking cigars at a graduation celebration. This comes less than a week after the Tigers were forced to forfeit its state semifinal competition in Massachusetts due to a shortage of available players. It sounds like the administration called their bluff. The high school lacrosse players and their parents tried to claim the cigars were not real. They were caught in a lie! Ipswich…

Graduation cigar saga involving HS lacrosse team boils over as school officials, family attorney trade barbs

Massachusetts high school officials disputed Ipswich boys lacrosse team’s claims of "fake" cigars at high school graduation, and that they forced the forfeiture.

Ipswich schools dispute claims of fake cigars in lacrosse suspension controversy

In a new statement provided to Boston 25 News on Friday, Ipswich Superintendent Brian Blake and High School Principal Jonathan Mitchell pushed back against claims that the cigars at the center of a controversial student suspension ahead of a lacrosse playoff showdown were fake and said the players themselves decided to forfeit the game.

Cigars smoked by suspended Ipswich lacrosse players were real, school officials say - The Boston Globe

School administrators said in a statement Friday they'd determined "that the cigars were in fact not ‘fake,' as they had been told."

Defending lacrosse decision, Ipswich officials cast doubt on evidence showing cigars were 'fake'

The Ipswich High School boys lacrosse team forfeited its semifinal after six players were suspended over graduation cigars. An uproar ensued.