Sports activities
It doesn’t seem Camden Excessive College with be relinquishing its spot in New Jersey’s state-final basketball sport on Saturday.
An X account presupposed to be Will Hickson — Camden’s athletic director — took to X on Friday evening and had one easy message.
“See you at Rutgers..” the account wrote with coronary heart emojis together with an image of the film poster for the 1989 film “Do the Proper Factor.”
Camden was in the midst of a Tuesday evening controversy this week after it held the lead by one level within the waning seconds of the Group 2 of the NJSIAA semifinal in opposition to Manasquan Excessive College.
Manasquan had one final gasp, taking the ball up the court docket after which miraculously put in what seemed to be a game-winning put-back from Griffin Linstra simply earlier than time expired.
Nonetheless, referees converged on the court docket and determined that the basket didn’t rely, which meant Camden had gained the sport and could be shifting on to tackle Newark Arts Excessive College at Jersey Mike’s Area on Rutgers’ campus.
Replays of the ultimate shot appeared to point out Manasquan getting the ultimate shot off in time, and the varsity tried to attraction in quite a lot of totally different avenues, which have to date, been rejected.
On Thursday, the group’s submitting to postpone the state title sport was denied by an Ocean County Superior Court docket decide, and on Friday, the commissioner of the New Jersey Division of Training upheld the officers’ ruling of the controversial buzzer-beater victory, calling the play “not reviewable,” per NJ.com.
These two choices got here after New Jersey’s excessive sports activities’ governing physique stated that despite the fact that one of many on-court officers admitted the ultimate shot ought to have counted after seeing replays, it couldn’t change the decision resulting from its bylaws.
Camden faculty district’s lawyer, Lou Cappelli Jr., stated this week that the additional maneuvers Manasquan has tried in an try and get issues modified has been “ridiculous.”
“Are we going to return and take a look at all 32 minutes of the sport and are available to the decide and say, ‘Choose, this wasn’t a foul’? It’s ridiculous,” Cappelli stated, in response to The Asbury Park Press.
“There are guidelines and rules. You need to study to reside with the choices of the referee. That’s all a part of sports activities. Coming to a court docket to handle a referee’s name is outrageous. It’s a waste of the taxpayers’ cash and a waste of the court docket’s time, as properly.”
On Thursday, the X account presupposed to be Hickson’s, posted on X that Camden follows some easy beliefs.
“Right here at CAMDEN HIGH we wish to say… Let the Coaches, COACH! Let the Gamers, PLAY! Let the Officers, OFFICIATE! Let the Spectators be POSITIVE!” they wrote.
Hickson didn’t instantly remark when contacted by The Submit.
Camden, the No. 2 group in NJ on MaxPreps, will now vie for a title in opposition to No. 12 Newark.
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