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Benches-Clearing Brawls and Explosion of Violence Overshadow 2023 N.J. Basketball Season

Three weeks into the New Jersey high school basketball season, a troubling wave of violence began, escalating from altercations to a fatal stabbing. The turmoil ignited on January 5, when seven players from Arts High School left the bench area to join a brawl with Roselle Catholic.

Arts High School Was Disqualified from the Postseason Due to This Incident (Twitter)

This incident led to Arts High School, a top contender for the state title from Newark, being disqualified from the postseason.

In the following month, the situation deteriorated further, with three additional teams—the Kearny and Dwight-Morrow boys’ teams and the Woodbury girls’ team—facing playoff bans due to separate, increasingly violent incidents on the court.

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