Overview
- The Brookhaven Academy assistant coach was identified by multiple reports as Christian “Bubba” Keene, an athletics staffer and former minor league baseball player.
- Video from the MAIS 4A-D3 championship shows Lamar quarterback Sullivan Reed going out of bounds before contact on the sideline, a thrown ball, and a coach making forceful contact as a multi-person fight broke out.
- Reed was ejected in the second quarter; earlier reports said the coach drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty and stayed on the sideline, while a WTOK-based account cited by Larry Brown Sports noted additional ejections with the coach’s status unclear.
- Lamar defeated Brookhaven 34–17 at Mississippi College’s Robinson-Hale Stadium, securing the program’s seventh state title.
- MAIS and Brookhaven had not issued statements as the clips circulated widely on social media, and further review and potential sanctions were expected.