Coronado High Basketball Championship Win Revoked Over Tortilla Incident

After throwing tortillas at Orange Glen High School, a predominately Latino team, Coronado's High School's regional boys basketball championship title has been stripped from them, reports FOX5.

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) also placed the school on probation through the 2023-24 school year.

In a statement, CIF said the events that unfolded after the June 19 game at Coronado High against Orange Glen were "unacceptable and warrants sanctions."

“While consequences are warranted for such an egregious action as throwing tortillas at a predominantly Latino team and the sanctions below are being levied on the athletic program at Coronado High School, we must all be aware that behavior does not normally change with sanctions alone,” read CIF's statement.

“The path towards real change comes with the development of empathy for those who are on the receiving end of this type of degrading and demeaning behavior, no matter the proffered intent of that behavior.”

Although the people involved in the incident defended their actions, they received widespread public condemnation for being racist and disrespectful.

Following the game, the Coronado Unified School District Governing Board unanimously voted to fire Coronado High basketball coach J.D. Laaperi.