East Catholic High officials issued an apology Tuesday to a Montville High cheerleader who said she was called a racist slur following a football game between the two schools Sept. 24.

Nadya Wynn, 16, said she was screamed at, spat on and told "go home, (N-word)" by students at East Catholic. She could not be reached to comment Tuesday.

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference released two letters Tuesday afternoon from Montville High School and East Catholic High School addressing the events that took place at the game.

"We are heartbroken that a young woman from Montville High School had such a negative experience at East Catholic — if we knew who the offending party was, that person would have been disciplined by now. So instead, on behalf of our entire school, and myself personally, I apologize to this young woman and any others who may have had a negative experience," said East Catholic President Sean Brennan in a letter to Montville High School.

That statement comes just over a week after Brennan said school administrators did not believe anything inappropriate was said at the game but that the school would investigate and was taking the matter seriously.

Brennan's letter said representatives from both schools met Sept. 29 at CIAC offices to discuss the events. He said in addition to the schools pledging to work together to reinforce their commitment to equality, tolerance and embracing of all people, they have committed to sending student representatives to the CIAC offices for an upcoming meeting and Class Act Council training session.

The conference's news release said the Class Act School initiative is designed "to empower schools, and particularly students, to take ownership for all issues related to sportsmanship in the athletics department."

Leaders from Montville High School said the community accepted East Catholic's apologies and recognition that what occurred was unacceptable in a letter signed by Superintendent Laurie Pallin, Principal Heather Sangermano and Assistant Principal Rob Alves.

The officials said they appreciated East Catholic's efforts to identify the people who made offensive remarks and displayed inappropriate behaviors toward Montville's cheerleaders.

"We respect the work which you have begun in your community to reinforce the values of equity and tolerance; we are committed to this same work in our community," the letter states. "We actively seek to protect our students from acts of intolerance and to teach them to display acceptance and respect in their interactions with others."

On Sept. 24, Wynn said East Catholic students stormed the field to where she and the cheerleaders were after East Catholic won the game, 27-16, in overtime.

"They were yelling and cheering on their team at first until they started screaming and yelling at us," she said in a phone interview.

That is when Wynn said the students began to taunt the Montville cheerleaders, calling them "losers," taking their food and bags, spitting on them and throwing water on them. All of which led to some students calling her the N-word, she said.

j.vazquez@theday.com