Vandals strike at Riverdale

For the second time this summer, vandals have attacked Indian-themed monuments of one of Tennessee?s top-ranked high school football teams, school officials said.

Riverdale High School?s celebration teepee, which blows smoke out of the top whenever the Warriors score a touchdown, was gutted by fire sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning, Principal Tom Nolan said.

?Our fans really enjoyed it,? Nolan said. ?There?s nothing left but ashes and poles. We?re debating on getting another one, but somebody would do something. It doesn?t take but one or two people to do something dumb.?

The school?s ?Chief-Win-Em-All? statue had its face smashed earlier this summer, but local artists volunteered to restore it.

The vandals also painted a ?B? on the track surrounding the football field. The school is hosting crosstown rival Blackman High School on Friday.

Riverdale was ranked No. 1 in Class 5A in the preseason Associated Press poll. It has since dropped to fourth after going 1-1, behind Oak Ridge, Kingsport Dobyns Bennett and Franklin.

?Enough is enough,? Nolan said. ?Whoever is doing this needs to get caught.?