NEW JERSEY -- The New Jersey Department of Education's acting commissioner denied Manasquan High School's petition to reverse Camden High School's controversial win in the basketball state playoffs on Friday. Manasquan appeared to score a game-winning basket at the buzzer in the NJSIAA Group 2 boy's basketball semifinals on Tuesday.The referees counted the basket initially, then incorrectly waved it off and Camden won 46-45.
it is not reviewable. The NJSIAA's bylaws are adopted as controlling policy by boards of education when they elect to join the which is a fully voluntary organization. N.J.S.A. 18A:11-13. Therefore, Manasquan – and every other member district – is aware that game officials will make judgment calls and applications of rule which cannot be challenged on the basis of error, and that there is no allowance for exception, even in the case of those errors which are deemed egregious by the affected party. Bd. of Educ. of the Twp. of Hazlet, Monmouth Co. v.
Commissioner Decision No. 399-94E .Accordingly, the Commissioner finds that the officials' decision is not reviewable, and the NJSIAA's determination not to honor Manasquan's protest was consistent with its own bylaws. The motion for emergent relief is denied, and the petition of appeal is hereby dismissed.
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