Two players from Dinthill Technical High School have been banned from taking part in any Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) competition for one year, while a third was suspended for three games following an incident involving match officials at the end of a daCosta Cup match against McGrath High last Saturday.

In a release on Thursday, after a meeting of its disciplinary committee, ISSA revealed that Maalick Whyte and Shamair Hutchinson have been banned from participating in any ISSA-run competitions for one year, effective September 26, 2024, while Tyrese Gowe, was hit with the three-match suspension.

The Linstead-based school was also placed on a three-year probation and faces the possibility of suspension should its players breach the disciplinary code of conduct within the period of probation.

Reports are that players were involved in a confrontation with the referee after the game, and it was alleged one of them physically assaulted the official.

ISSA pointed out that the decision represents its commitment to ensuring that all rules are adhered to and the actions of the student athletes were unacceptable.

“The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association reminds all its various stakeholders that we are committed to ensuring that all our student-athletes display the requisite decorum befitting their status as ambassadors of our schools and the various competitions in which they compete. We strongly condemn any acts of indiscipline and more so acts of physical aggression and/or assault on any match official,” ISSA's release said.