Students at a Catholic school in New Jersey have not been punished for dressing up as a monkey and a banana to taunt black basketball players at a high school game . The two Holy Spirit High School seniors screamed from the sidelines as their classmates played Atlantic City , whose team is mostly black . Despite numerous complaints , both were simply issued with warnings . Outrage : This is a picture of two Holy Spirit students ( right ) dressed as a monkey and a banana as they taunted Atlantic City 's majority black basketball team ( one player seen wearing white , left ) Jay Connell , athletic director at Holy Spirit , told The Press Of Atlantic City : ' I am not going to kick anyone out of school or whip anybody . 'All I can do is apologize ; I ca n't take it back . 'There is no punishment . The punishment is that it will be an event that will not happen again , and that is the punishment for Holy Spirit . ' According to NBC , a female student was also involved in the skit dressed as a cowgirl , and Holy Spirit 's starting five was also majority black . Atlantic City 's athletic director Anthony Nistico said : 'What I am appalled at is there are adults there that let this happen , ' he said . He added that the boys also hid behind a shower curtain and jumped out in an apparent attempt to scare the opposing team as they played . 'These two students were allowed to walk into the gym in these costumes and with this shower curtain , ' he said . 'What were the adults thinking ? Where were the refs ? ' Shockingly , a poll on the Press Of Atlantic City website found 50.3 per cent of people felt the students should n't be punished as many students dress up for the event . Atlantic City beat Holy Spirit 54-53 .
Two teenage boys dressed as monkey and wrestled at basketball games . Their school , Holy hill , in sunny Jersey , was playing the City 's majority black sport . Both boys were issued with a warning but not punished .