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Click here for the latest update. A Virginia high school athlete is defending herself after a video captured the moment she hit a fellow competitor with a baton during a track and field relay race.

A high school track athlete faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after a now-viral video showed her hitting a competitor's head with her baton during a relay event. Alaila Everett ...

Alaila Everett is facing the charges after hitting Kaelen Tucker with a baton -- leaving Tucker with a concussion and possibly fractured skull. Judges immediately disqualified Everett for contact ...

Over the weekend, a viral video showed what appeared to be a violent attack during a track meet as one girl was struck in the head by a baton during a relay race. However, the apparent attacker ...

What began as a viral video of a student athlete smacking a fellow runner upside the head with a baton on the track field has now developed into a pending criminal case. The alleged attacker in ...

A Virginia high school athlete captured on video hitting a fellow competitor with a baton during a track and field relay race is charged with a misdemeanor, a prosecutor confirmed Thursday.