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Watch: Manasquan applauds as Camden, the team that controversially knocked them out of the playoffs, wins the state championship

Manasquan boys attend the state finals to watch Camden win the championship.

The Manasquan boys basketball team was in attendance on Saturday afternoon for the state championship, just days removed from a controversial semifinal loss in the state semifinals.

The NJSIAA, the governing body for New Jersey high school sports, said this week that the wrong call was made in Camden’s (Camden, New Jersey) 46-45 win over Manasquan (Manasquan, New Jersey) in the state semifinals. Despite this fact, Manasquan stood and respectfully applauded Camden’s win in the state tournament.

It was an impressive display of sportsmanship, even as Manasquan had to feel that they belonged on the court at Rutgers on Saturday afternoon.

On Tuesday night, Manasquan had an apparent game-winner waived off by the game officials, a decision that gave Camden the win in the state semifinals. Video replay confirmed the original call by the officiating crew that the putback from Griffin Linstra of Manasquan had beaten the buzzer.

The original call, that Linstra made the shot in time to beat Camden, should have stood, giving Manasquan the win.

Instead, inexplicably, the basket was overturned and Camden was heading to Jersey Mike’s Arena on the Rutgers campus for the state championship.

 

On Wednesday, the NJSIAA acknowledged the officiating error in the game.

New Jersey church serves as start of healing process for students impacted by shooting at high school football game

A Camden church held a special service for those who were impacted by Friday night’s shooting at the Camden-Pleasantville high school football playoff game.

When gunfire erupted in the closing moments of Friday night’s football game between Camden (N.J.) High School and Pleasantville (N.J.) High School, three were injured (one critically), six were eventually charged, and two communities were left stunned. On Sunday, one church moved forward to serve as a cathartic healing point for all, hoping to pave the way back to a sense of confidence and normalcy.

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As reported by NJ.com, The First Nazarene Baptist Church in Camden held a special service on Sunday for anyone affected by the Friday night shooting. The service drew members from both sidelines and stands of Friday’s game, including school board members and coaches from Camden.

Pastor Dyheim T. Watson Sr. allegedly led the congregation in prayers for administrators, students and coaches for those at the game Friday.

“God, we plead your blood over our athletes … over our administrators,” Watson Sr. told NJ.com.

The Camden-Pleasantville football game was rescheduled in the aftermath of the shooting. Camden led 6-0 when the game was abandoned because of the shooting, though it remains to be seen when the contest will return to the field. For now, Camden is scheduled to take on Cedar Creek in a third-round playoff game Friday.