The graffiti follows vandalism at Easton just days before the two schools' annual Thanksgiving football game.
Crude messages scrawled on the sidewalk outside Phillipsburg High School greeted students on Tuesday, a possible act of retaliation for vandalism a day earlier at rival Easton.
The acts come just days before the two schools' annual Thanksgiving football game.
'F--- Pburg' was among the foul language written on the sidewalk below the Phillipsburg High School sign on the road up to the front entrance. School officials and police did not immediately comment on the graffiti.
P'burg girls allegedly behind Easton vandalism
On Monday, four Phillipsburg girls were allegedly involved with spray-painted graffiti messages at Easton Area High School. There was also smeared paint on the engraved alma mater in the front of the school. Sprayable string, tinsel and toilet paper were spread on the property. Messages were scribbled in chalk on the sidewalk.
Easton school officials urged students not to retaliate.
This Thursday will be the 110th meeting of Easton Area and Phillipsburg high schools on the football gridiron.
Previous cases of pregame vandalism include:
- In 2006 and 2012, a statue of Easton's Red Rover bulldog mascot was stolen from the front of the school.
- In 2010 and 2011, the statue and its pedestal were spray painted garnet, one of Phillipsburg's school colors.
- In 2011, signs at Easton Area High School were spray painted.
- In 2012, a dead cat was found at Phillipsburg High School. Suzy Stateliner, the Phillipsburg mascot, is a cat.
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