He ran into the ring and charged his son's opponent in a high school wrestlng match, hitting him hard and knocking him to the ground.
Per the Associated Press, Barry Lee Jones, of Harrisburg, was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct on Saturday, according to Kannapolis, Kansas police officials.
Video from the match shows the opponent lifting Jones' son and dropping him head-first to the mat before Jones rushes in and tackles the teenager. Apparently what set him off was when the referee signaled that the opponent's move was illegal, according to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.
Neither student was seriously injured, police said.
Hickory Ridge Wrestling Team parents apologized in a Facebook post, saying the parent's "inconceivable" actions left them "in shock, horror and disbelief." Administrators from Hickory Ridge haven't publicly commented.
"It just shows a society that I feel sometimes we're just losing all decorum," the superintendent said in an interview with WGHP-TV.
