CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN SPORTS FANS LEAD TO FIGHTS

Some sports fans haven't been on the best of terms at the Show Me Center this week.

Two assaults were reported at events Wednesday and Sunday, said Doug Richards, chief of Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Public Safety.

Two men got into a fight at the end of a wrestling match on Wednesday about 10:30 p.m., Richards said. The fight was the result of an earlier disagreement that the two men had on the campus, he said. The only injury was a bloody lip.

The second assault took place at a soccer tournament about 6 p.m. on Sunday. It involved a man and a woman, Richards said, neither of whom were parents of the participants. No one was injured.

The confrontations were both classified as third degree assaults. No one was arrested, Richards said.

Both cases will be sent to Cape Girardeau's city attorney for further action, he said.