Daily News | Camden and Eastside boys’ basketball teams withdrawn from NJSIAA tournament after altercation
Steven M. Falk / Staff PhotographerThe Camden City School District announced Friday that the Camden High and Eastside High boys’ basketball teams will be withdrawn from NJSIAA tournament play after Thursday’s on-court altercation ended the Camden County championship game.
“The students involved in the incident from both schools have had a tremendous season and have worked incredibly hard to be successful,” Superintendent Katrina McCombs wrote in a statement. “We are not taking away any of the prior successes they have had this year, but we want them to know their actions have consequences.”
Sheena Yera, senior communications director for the school district, wrote in an emailed statement after the game that no one was “seriously” injured and that there would be “appropriate disciplinary action.”
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