High School Tennis Players Face Discipline over Photo

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A high school in Georgia is investigating an incident in which a photo of tennis players wearing white bags reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan hoods appeared last week on social media.

According to 13 WMAZ in Macon, eight Telfair County High School players were photographed aboard the team bus after losing in a tournament in Rome, Ga., to a team that included black players. Telfair County superintendent Lenard Harrelson called the photo — which reportedly first appeared on Snapchat and later on Facebook — “highly offensive.” He indicated players would face discipline without specifying which players or what form the punishment would take.

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