PITTSBURGH — Armed police officers have been escorting a high school’s sports teams to games at another school following allegations that its own soccer team used racial slurs last month.

School police officers traveled with Connellsville High School athletic teams to away games at Penn Hills High School this week. The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League investigated after Penn Hills officials said Connellsville soccer players used slurs during a Sept. 6 game.

Officials concluded that allegations made by Penn Hills officials were “reasonably credible,” but they were not certain to have occurred.

Penn Hills Superintendent Nancy Hines said Connellsville’s decision to bring armed security was “culturally insensitive” and asked league officials to discourage the other school from doing it.

She wrote in a letter to district employees that Connellsville brought the guards to games at least three times in the past week, but never before.

She said they positioned themselves near the Connellsville teams’ benches and escorted players to the bathrooms and locker rooms.

Connellsville Superintendent Joseph Bradley described the practice of bringing school officers to “appropriate away events” as standard practice.