WAVERLY, N.Y. (WENY) -- On Friday, September 22nd, two local school district superintendents were made aware of a racist Instagram post and the controversy surrounding it. Superintendents from the Waverly Central School District and the Elmira City School District agreed what was posted on the @Waverly_barstool Instagram account was unacceptable.

Before the Waverly Wolverines football team took on the Elmira Express on Friday night, a post from the @Waverly_Barstool page on Instagram said the game day theme was "gangsta." The post depicted the Wolverines as a white farmer and the Express as a black ninja emoji. People on social media spoke out against the post calling it racist. It's important to mention the @Waverly_barstool account is not associated with Waverly CSD or the nationally known "Barstool Sports" digital media company.

"Hillary Austin, the superintendent from Elmira called me at 7 o’clock [around] kickoff for the Elmira/Waverly football game [and] our tech directors at 7:15 Friday night were running reports to see if anything was coming from any of our computers or on any of our networks. It wasn't. It’s probably coming from a cellphone in the middle of nowhere," said Waverly Superintendent, Dr. Eric Knolles. "The Waverly Central School District does not condone racism of any form or discriminatory talk, whether it’s via text, via Instagram, or person to person, it’s not who we are. We have protocols against it and we stand firmly against it."

Dr. Knolles said kids, coaches, and staff worked really hard to prepare for the Friday night game and it's disappointing to have someone ruin it. "Somebody can step behind a computer and [post] something racist and it takes away from what those kids and the staff members put in for that Friday night."

At the end of the day, Dr. Knolles met with about 500 students to talk about the importance of what you say on social media and how it lasts forever.

Elmira CSD Superintendent Hillary Austin said she was made aware of the post on Friday and immediately contacted the Waverly administration to address the situation together and assist in any way possible as they investigate the incident.

In a statement to WENY News, Austin also said "In Elmira, we value a diversity of people and ideas in our schools and have a variety of programs in place that foster a culture of inclusion. We are here to support our students and families. I encourage any student who needs some support to reach out to their team of counselors, social workers, mentors, and others."

All of the posts associated with the account were taken down as of Monday afternoon, and by Monday evening, the account appears to have been deactivated.