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Nampa High football player arrested for punching coach

Nampa, Idaho -- A star running back from Nampa High School is in jail tonight, facing a very serious charge.

Police say during Thursday night's game against Emmett, Kipton Ramos got in a fight, using aggression that soon turned against his own coach.

"Sir, you have been charged with felony complaint with the felony offense of aggravated battery," asked Judge George Southworth during the arraignment, "do you understand that charge?"

"Yes," replied Kipton Ramos.

The 18-year old is facing a serious charge -- felony aggravated battery for attacking his head football coach at Nampa High, Scott Wooldridge.

"There was an altercation among the players, the coaches broke it up, and as they were walking back, one of the players hit the coach," explained Allison Westfall, Nampa School District spokesperson.

According to Nampa police it was a very violent attack, on a man who was simply trying to remove one of his top players from the brawl.

"I believe he was hit repeatedly," said Lt. Stacy Mowry.

Apparently this began as a call from the referee, which a number of players including Ramos disagreed with -- creating anger that quickly turned to violence.

Officers responding to the incident were shocked after hearing the story.

After reviewing the report, Lt. Mowry says it's the first time he's ever seen a case in which a high school football player violently attacked his own coach, and over a situation that did not involve the coach.

"Usually the fights are between opposing teams," said Mowry, "He turned on his own coach from trying to stop him and remove him from the field."

Coach Wooldridge was hospitalized for a short time afterwards.

He suffered some relatively extensive damage to his face, which includes a broken eye socket and nasal cavity.

That's the reason Kipton Ramos is facing a felony charge instead of a misdemeanor.

But discipline in this case will not end with the court, because once he's out of jail, then comes the uncertainty of his future at Nampa High School.

"We take assaults very seriously. The student has been suspended. He won't be back at Nampa High," said Westfall.

During the arraignment process, Kip's dad approached the judge asking for a lower bond, which was set at $10,000, saying his son needed to go to school on Monday.

That may be a moot point, considering his son has now been suspended for the next five days, and could very well be expelled permanently from Nampa high school.