Article: 2 high school athletes admit hazing

A bizarre football hazing incident at Stevenson High School last summer received closure today in a Lake County courtroom when two players plea bargained to charges of disorderly conduct.

Blake Cooley, 17, of Kildeer, and David Davis, 17, of Buffalo Grove, had been charged with battery for their part in a hazing ritual where a peeled banana was pushed into the buttocks of two junior varsity players.

They received $100 fines and court supervision until graduation, and publicly apologized for the incident.

Cooley was expelled from the team, and Davis was suspended for two games. Both were accompanied in court by their parents and remained stoic as Davis read the apology signed by both boys:

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