Cheltenham High School has canceled the remainder of its varsity football season to investigate allegations of hazing that surfaced earlier this month and may be more widespread than initially reported, school district officials said.

Superintendent Brian Scriven explained the decision in an email that went out Sunday night to families in the Montgomery County school district. The team's scheduled game on Friday against Harry S. Truman High School in Springfield had already been canceled after Scriven said the district received anonymous claims of hazing that went beyond an initial report of an assault in the team's locker room about three weeks ago.

"After spending the weekend investigating the hazing allegations, it is with a deep sense of regret that I must share that the district i

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