Poly Principal Barney Wilson said he has suspended four girls, all juniors, for their part in the melee after the City-Poly football game Saturday. Baltimore city and schools police arrested 22  girls from the brawl, which you can read more about here. The girls at Poly were given three-day suspensions. According to city police, one girl from the school was treated and released at a hospital after being kicked in the head. 

Wilson called the fight "unfortunate" and said it was a carryover from other venues where students come in contact with each other. Although Poly and City students were involved, Wilson said the fight had nothing to do with animosity between the rival schools, and he reiterated the fact that girls from six other schools were involved.

Some parents, however, say the problem is bigger than administrators are willing to acknowledge. One woman who e-mailed The Sun after the article ran says her granddaughter and her friends have been fighting away from campus recently, although they weren't part of the brawl outside the stadium and haven't been suspended. Another mother says she wants to see the principals from some of the city schools hold a forum to address the rowdy behavior, particularly by the girls. The mother said the fight after the game was fueled by Internet banter on Myspace.

As for Wilson's take on the fight, he called it a spontaneous incident but not much more than that. Wilson said the City-Poly game is one of the oldest in the country (119 years) and rarely has there been something like what took place Saturday. "I don't think anyone involved is proud of what they did. We expect more from them," he said.