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Intermountain Christian and Tabiona high schools exchange divergent claims of bad behavior at basketball games

Midvale • Intermountain Christian School and Tabiona High each called for punishment of the opposing school’s the head boys’ basketball coach for alleged behavior during two incidents where racial slurs, taunting and death threats were said to have occurred.

Lawyers representing the board of education for Duchesne School District — Tabiona is located there — and ICS argued their cases for nearly six hours Monday to a five-person panel of representatives from the Utah High School Activities Association. The hearing consisted of ICS repeating allegations of racial slurs and taunting by Tabiona fans reported by The Salt Lake Tribune earlier this month, and Tabiona alleging death threats and other violent behavior by ICS coaches and parents.