Yakima Basketball Coach In Court for Child Rape

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By Maria Medina

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A local kid's basketball coach accused of child rape, and police say it's likely the tip of the iceberg.

Story Published: Sep 17, 2007 at 5:20 PM PST

Yakima Basketball Coach In Court for Child Rape
YAKIMA -- Police arrested a Yakima basketball coach last week after a teen came forward accusing the coach of molesting him, but police say the teen probably isn't the only victim and are asking anyone who knows anything to come forward as well.

Time might have expired for Randy Sayler. He now faces three counts of second degree child rape.

Investigators say the alleged victim is a 13-year-old boy.

Sayler's 46.

The allegations are so graphic Action News can't go into detail.

Two of the alleged incidents happened at Sayler's house. Court documents say the coach raped the teen while he slept on the coach.

The teen told police his coach began to touch him in the spring, during a road trip.

The last time happened just last month when the boy claims Sayler had sex with him while Sayler's son slept in the same bed.

Sayler's a basketball coach who has scheduled games all around Yakima.

Action News found out Sayler also volunteered as a football coach at West Valley junior high last year.

The district's superintendent told Action News the coach was an involved parent, who could only speak of his children during his first court appearance. He asked the judge for a reasonable bail amount for his family's sake.

But police say it could be the disguise he used to prey on a victim.

The West Valley superintendent told Action News before Sayler ever volunteered at its schools they performed a background check and it was clean.

Sayler's also a coach for the Amateur Athletic Union -- they say they did a background check on him too -- and also found a clean record.

Again, police say they feel it's likely there are more victims out there and they're asking anyone who has more information to come forward and call police.