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A fox follow up this morning police in -- are suspending the investigation involving the town's high school baseball coach.

They say there is no evidence the coach was serving alcohol to his players and the community response to this has been really huge tonight there's actually a big rally planned to show support for the coach.

Backswing that's -- product is live and -- -- this morning with the development.

-- while we're here yesterday as well without point we're telling you all about the investigation surrounding coach -- Collette he's both the baseball coach and the football coach over at Plymouth North High School.

At that point a lot of miss teen was standing behind him but today even more members of the community -- come out in support of the coach.

This all started back in May June that's when there -- an end of the year party for the varsity baseball team along with their parents and their coaches.

That was held in a parents' backyard a month later -- high school's principal received an anonymous letter accusing the coach of pouring shots and playing drinking games with the students.

The principal turn this over to police who opened an investigation.

But they say no one has come -- to make these allegations on the record.

But those who know the -- aren't hesitating to come forward to support him.

Coached a -- was basically sitting on the deck with us.

With all the parents the whole night we had a great time and justice really awful that this is tarnished.

What should have been like a great ended the season.

-- page on FaceBook has also been created in support of coach to let.

And now has over 15100.

Members were also told there'll be a rally at -- north at 6 o'clock tonight in support of the coach.

Now police say they haven't found any reason to file charges and they say the case is closed as far as they're concerned unless they receive any new information.

Meantime the school superintendent said there is an internal investigation that's happening right now.

And he says depending on what the outcome of that is that's -- they'll decide where to go from there might put it this morning from Dropbox point five news.