Threat Prompts Postponement Of Montco School Football Game

PLYMOUTH-WHITEMARSH, PA — A high school football game that had been scheduled for last Friday between two Montgomery County districts had to be postponed after school officials received a report of an anonymous threat.

The Colonial School District announced that the football game between Plymouth-Whitemarsh and Cheltenham had to be pushed back after the district received an anonymous tip from the Pennsylvania Safe-2-Say tip line indicating there would be a potential threat of harm at the game.

It was the second such threat investigated last week that involved Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School.

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Colonial School District administrators said after being made aware of the potential threat, officials contacted the Whitemarsh Township Police Department, which is continuing to investigate the "concerning situation," the district posted to Facebook.

"In an abundance of caution, this evening's football game is postponed," Superintendent of Schools Michael Christian wrote in the social post Friday. "Additionally, we will be shutting down the campus as the police investigate. We apologize for the timing of this announcement, but the safety and wellness of our students and staff are of paramount importance."

The exact nature of the threat was not made public.

The previous threat incident concerned a reported alarming Instagram post that the district was made aware of, but one that had since been removed.