Anti-Semitic Chant Gets Catholic Memorial Students Banned From Tournament Game

WEST ROXBURY, MA - Catholic Memorial will be without its 'sixth man' Monday night.

The school has banned its students from attending the state tournament semifinal game as outrage mounts over their behavior Friday, WBZ Radio reported.

Tensions escalated before the Friday night game when a back and forth between Catholic Memorial and Newton North students resulted in a 'You killed Jesus!' chant directed at Newton North fans. Catholic Memorial officials quickly squashed the chant and asked fans to apologize to Newton North interim principal Mark Aronson.

Several students went up to Aronson and shook his hand after the game.

Since Friday the Catholic Memorial administration has taken steps to properly discipline its students and educate them on why their language was hurtful to Newton North, which has a large Jewish population.

Catholic Memorial reached out to the Anti-Defamation League Saturday to apologize and said it plans to meet with its students Monday to address the incident.