That story is....odd.
From the article:
“Her statement says that the incident occurred at 12:00 a.m., which would have made it midnight, hardly the time when kids would be at recess in the schoolyard.”
Also:
Dina Paul Parks, a spokesperson for the Department of Education, said that Hennessey was arrested because he “charged into the schoolyard where his son and another youth were having a shoving match.”
“She said that school security agents and other school personnel had already pulled the warring children apart when the father came on the scene and tried to attack the other boy.”
Midnight basketball?
It’s just a small typo. I’m sure the author meant noon.