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Penn Softball Coach arrested

A Penn High School assistant girls softball and basketball coach was arrested and charged with child seduction Thursday morning.

Brooke Biggs, 27, was arrested at a home in Osceola.  Sources says she was involved in inappropriate conduct with a female softball player.

Biggs was also a physical education teacher at Grissom Middle School in the PHM School District.

District officials confrim that Biggs has been on administrative leave since Sept. 4 because of the allegations.

The district also released this statement: "We're very concerned about the welfare of our students. We do not tolerate violations of the trust parents place in the PHM School District."

Biggs is also a Penn High School alum, graduating in 2000 and was a member of the 1999 State Champisonship softball team.

She's currently being held in the St. Joseph County jail with no bond.

This is the third time this has happened at Penn in the past 6 years.

Rugby coach Steven Collins was sentenced to 10 years in prison just last week after having an innappropriate relationship with a 15 year old student.

And in 2002, Penn softball coach and athletic director Chris Woods lost his teaching license after being arrested for having an innappropriate relationship a 15 year old player.