MARION, Ind. – Parents and students at an Indiana high school are taking their soccer rivalry with a neighboring school to the extreme by wearing shirts with the mugshot of an opposing team member.

Students at Marion High School came to class this week with t-shirts printed with the mugshot of a former soccer player who transferred to neighboring Oak Hill high school after problems with the law and subsequent threats on social media, Fox reports.

“When the two schools met for a game last Wednesday, (the boy’s) family quickly saw students and even adults wearing the shirts in the stands,” according to the news site.

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“It’s shocking. It’s appalling,” Kelly Chastain, the student’s aunt, told Fox.

Kevin Rittenhouse, the student’s father, said he didn’t initially realize the picture originated as his son’s jail mugshot.

“I was shocked, first, and then I thought, ‘How did they get this picture?’ Because I had never even seen this picture,” Rittenhouse told Fox.

The student’s family said school officials first noticed the problem earlier in the school day, and is disappointed that they didn’t impose consequences on the students who donned the mocking t-shirts.

“They could’ve easily made a phone call and said, ‘Hey, here’s what’s going on. We don’t condone it, here are the steps we’re taking to resolve it,” Chastain said.

Rittenhouse told Fox he’s upset because he complained to school administrators when he witnessed fans wearing the shirts during the game, and they were slow to take action.

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“Maybe if they (thought they) were being funny, you know, but that’s not the right kind of funny. … They want to brush it off like nothing happened and I think people need to know,” he said.

Marion school officials released a statement about the incident, alleging they turned spectators away or made them cover their shirts at the gate. Students caught wearing the shirt at school were required to remove it, according to a district statement.

“No one was allowed into the stadium with one of the shirts visible. Unfortunately, there were a few who concealed them and displayed them once inside the stadium,” the statement reads. “MHS administrators dealt with those as they arose, and people were asked to cover the shirts or leave the stadium.”

District leaders said they’re willing to make things right.

“It is a disappointing situation,” according to the statement. “Administrators have spoken directly with family members to try to resolve their concerns, and would be happy to discuss the situation further if they address their continued concerns directly to us.”

Fox did not detail the teen’s legal troubles, or the circumstances surrounding the alleged social media harassment.

Indiana’s News Center, however, reports the student was arrested last summer after his father turned him in for marijuana possession. The teen was bullied on social media following his arrest because his classmates believed he led investigators to other students, according to the site.

Family members contend the student did not nark on his friends, but police confiscated his phone as part of the investigation, which led them to others.