An excited child was stopped by a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Association employee when he attempted to hug his older sister after her team won a state championship March 11.
The incident took place after Appleton North’s girls basketball team was presented with its first-ever state championship trophy after defeating De Pere. The toddler was seen jumping up in down in excitement waiting for his older sister, junior Sydney Levy, to walk off the podium to give him a hug.
That’s when WIAA Associate Director Deb Hauser stepped in to separate the pair before they could celebrate with a hug. The child turned back to the camera and his parents with a heartbroken expression as his sister was told to continue walking the other way with her team.
The video was posted to Twitter by their father, Nic Levy. He said in a tweet that the boy, Jaylen, had been giving Sydney a hug after every game. When he was told he wouldn’t be able to after the biggest game of the season, he continued to cry.
The WIAA has not yet commented on the incident.
North’s victory capped an undefeated season.
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Chris Bucher is a sports, politics and general news contributor to Heavy. A University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh graduate, Bucher is the business editor at The Waukesha Freeman and the former sports assistant editor. You can follow him on Twitter @Buchage and reach him at chris.bucher@heavy.com.March 12, 2017 9:45 pm
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