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Raleigh high school lacrosse player reprimanded after lewd social media post

By T. Keung Hui Updated April 15, 2026 2:46 PM Gift Article Athletics

Athens Drive High School said “appropriate consequences will be assigned” after a social media post showed members of the school’s boys’ lacrosse team in a lewd altered image with students from another school.

The now-deleted Instagram post that went up before the school’s Friday lacrosse game against Broughton contained a photo of several uniformed Athens Drive players with images of four female Broughton High School students edited into it to create an altered lewd image. In an email Monday, Athens Drive athletic director Travis Seese told parents who complained about the post that the school will respond.

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Instagram account engaged in ‘misogynistic content’

The Broughton image isn’t an isolated incident, according to David, the parent of a lacrosse player at both Broughton and Enloe high schools. ... The now-deleted “Red Cup Jags” Instagram account said it’s not affiliated with Athens Drive. But David said in an email Saturday to Seese and Boshoff that the Instagram page is known by every player in the conference for its “degrading and misogynistic content” aimed at Athens Drive lacrosse opponents.

“Players on other teams have now learned to take down their own social media pages to ensure that the account doesn’t use them to mock and harass the players, their girlfriends, and their families,” David wrote.

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T. Keung Hui The News & Observer 919-829-4534 T. Keung Hui has covered K-12 education for the News & Observer since 1999, helping parents, students, school employees and the community understand the vital role education plays in North Carolina. His primary focus is Wake County, but he also covers statewide education issues.

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Raleigh moms want action after edited image of daughters used in lewd Insta post

By T. Keung Hui April 15, 2026 2:39 PM Gift Article Athletics

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