A social media post that mistakenly identified Wharton High School football fans as the ones who made a threat
to “shoot up the football stadium” at the end of Wharton’s game Friday in Brookshire Royal resulted in the stadium being evacuated. The post, allegedly from the opposing team’s school, stated that they were upset about the football score. “After hearing this, the Royal Police decided to take no chances and instructed everybody to calmly leave the stadium. Royal ISD’s communications and marketing manager reported that the threat was not credible and not from Wharton.