Perhaps They Had a Musical Score to Settle

Battling tubas? An unusual fight broke out between band members from rival high schools during halftime of the Norcom-Booker T. Washington game Friday night in Norfolk, Va.

The fight began moments after the Booker T. band trotted off the field, running into the Norcom band, which was sitting on the track bordering the field.

Pushing and shoving escalated into a full-scale melee on the track as instruments and punches were thrown. It took 20 police officers using pepper spray about five minutes to restore order.

You could say it was a real blow-out.

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Trivia time: The NFL record for most touchdown passes in a game is seven, held by five players. Who was the first?

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Please, not again: The NFL is considering bringing back instant replay, but Jay Leno hears that the New York Jets are among the teams against it. “Well you can understand that,” Leno said. “If you’re a New York Jet, the last thing you want to see is one of your plays over again.”

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Gallows humor: The floundering Pittsburgh Panthers were idle a week ago Saturday and Pittsburgh Coach Johnny Majors was asked what he did. “I had a great time. I went to five funerals. It beats what I’ve been doing on Saturday.”

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Let’s face it: Colt quarterback Jim Harbaugh, who suffered a broken nose Oct. 20 against New England, postponed a flight to Los Angeles for an appearance on the television show “Men Behaving Badly,” which has Indianapolis as its setting.

“I’m not self conscious,” Harbaugh told the Indianapolis Star. “Besides, I’m tired of being the best-looking quarterback in the league.”

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It had to happen: Mexico’s Perla Ramirez became the first synchronized swimmer to be suspended for doping.

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Looking back: On this day in 1939, UCLA defeated Oregon, 16-6, at the Coliseum. The Bruins finished the season with a 6-0-4 record. The four ties equal a NCAA Division 1-A record.

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He’s no good: Minnesota guard Doug West, who has lost 422 games since the Timberwolves joined the league in 1989, the most of any NBA player in that time: “I’m in all the NBA record books. I’m the all-time loser.”

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Trivia answer: Sid Luckman of the Chicago Bears against the New York Giants on Nov. 14, 1943.

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And finally: One company thinks it has the ultimate Halloween goody, and will pass out more than 140,000 packs of it throughout Southern California on Thursday to prove it.

As part of their new “Trick Or Trade” program, the Upper Deck Co. of Carlsbad is donating football and baseball trading cards to Los Angeles County and Orange County police, who will pass them out on Halloween night while promoting safety.