KIRTLAND — A 16-year-old Kirtland Central High School student was arrested Monday for his alleged involvement in a sex act that occurred on a school bus after a junior varsity baseball game.

The teen, of Waterflow, is accused of holding another teen’s legs while making thrusting movements with his groin. The act is part of an ongoing “rape game” that has occurred among participants on the football, baseball and wrestling teams, players told Head Coach James Belveal, according to the police report.

“What the high school kids told the coach was that this is a rape game, or game rape,” said San Juan County Undersheriff Mark McCloskey. “The kids have said this happens, that it has been happening for years on the various athletic teams.”

Belveal contacted the Sheriff’s Office’s school resource officer to file a complaint after a 15-year-old player riding on the bus told him of the incident in which the suspect’s groin came in contact with the victim’s leg and hip area. A third player allegedly tried to intervene during the incident and the suspect attempted to do the same thing to him, McCloskey said.

That’s right, you can go to jail for dry humping a teammates leg now. What I don’t understand is why anyone is surprised that the wrestling team plays this ‘rape game’. After all, that’s essentially what wrestling is – a game of dry humping where the winner is awarded points for putting their opponent in the most awkward and rapable position.