Sand Creek High School cheerleaders say students at a Sept. 24 football game at Lutheran High School in Parker directed racist remarks at them, blocked their path and touched a Black student’s hair. The team left the game early, and its assistant coach said she kept the cheerleaders away from Lutheran’s junior varsity game the following week because she did not want them to feel unsafe. The allegations were described by cheerleaders and assistant coach Sanaa Ford. Lutheran High School said it is investigating reports of student misconduct and will discipline students if its findings warrant it. Sand Creek cheerleader Millani Jeeter said a student told her she did not belong at the game and called her Harriet Tubman. Teammate Serenity Lewis said students took photos and videos of the cheerleaders and yelled for them to “go back to where you came from.” Jeeter also said two students reached from the bleachers and pulled at a Black male student’s hair as the group passed on its way back from concessions. Ford said she saw students swinging belts toward the Black cheerleaders while they were trying to move through the crowd. She photographed the boys, she said. The cheerleaders and Ford said they felt Lutheran administrators did not take their complaints seriously when they reported the incidents. The team eventually left, saying students made monkey noises as they departed. Jeeter described the conduct as intimidating and said it made her uncomfortable. In an Oct. 4 email to Lutheran families, the school’s executive director said he had met with Sand Creek’s principal and apologized for the cheerleaders’ experience and for the stadium layout, which required visiting groups to pass through the home student section. He said the school had received no official report of inappropriate behavior by Lutheran players during the game. The email also said the students involved in the belt incident did not attend Lutheran. According to the executive director, the students said they had been chasing and hitting one another with their belts, and security footage supported that account. The school said it was continuing to investigate the other allegations. Lutheran said in a separate statement that racist language or behavior violates its values and will not be tolerated. The school said it was speaking with students, staff and witnesses from both schools and would take any disciplinary action warranted by its findings. After Ford shared the cheerleaders’ account, she said she heard from Lutheran families, including parents who apologized and others who said they had removed their children from the game because of student-section behavior. Separately, a Rampart High School parent later alleged on social media that a student wearing Lutheran gear had directed a racial slur at her and her daughter during another game. That claim was not detailed in the school’s statements provided about the Sand Creek game. Lewis said the cheerleaders want accountability. Jeeter said she hoped speaking publicly would encourage other young people facing bullying or racism to use their voices. Ford said Sand Creek administrators supported the team.