"But Friday's game had a high range of emotions, along with plenty of physical play. A rough foul by Christ the King center Adonis Delarosa not only led to the senior’s ejection, but also briefly halted the game midway through the third quarter.
Both teams did an effective job calming down what was a highly charged atmosphere and helped to resume the ballgame that came down to an exciting conclusion.
“There’s no play for that in our league and in our game and in varsity basketball and you don’t want to see someone get hurt,” Bishop Loughlin coach Ed Gonzalez said. “Things happened out there. It's unfortunate. This is a heated rivalry but we know we need to play the game the right way and settle it on the court.”
Minutes before tipoff, players from both sides jawed at one another. Issak Bodon of Bishop Loughlin and Royals forward Travis Atson was each assessed a double technical foul in the second quarter.
With Bishop Loughlin leading 48-44 with 4:31 left in the third quarter, Rutgers bound Mike Williams received a pass and drove hard to the basket from the left baseline when 6-foot-11 Christ the King center Adonis Delarosa stepped in front of the Lions senior guard.
Delarosa barreled into Williams and the force of the collision sent the Lions senior landing hard to the floor and causing a gash to open up in the back of his head.
Two people from the crowd quickly rushed to the floor, with one shoving his arms to the back of the head of Delarosa, and the other attempting to land a punch towards the Royals player. Both were stopped from doing more harm as school officials and coaches quickly stepped in to escort the pair from the building.
Delarosa was promptly ejected from the game with a flagrant foul and may receive a two-game suspension for his actions. Williams (14 points) got up after a few minutes and walked under his own power, but he was taken to the hospital to stich up a gash in the back of his head.
Christ the King coach Joe Aribtello was displeased by his center’s actions, but praised cooler heads from both sides prevailing when the emotions of the moment could have led to something worse happening.
“It was out of control. We were as fault as much as they were at fault,” Arbitello said. “I told my guys and we huddled up there, next guy to say a word and Eddie [Gonzalez] agreed, will sit on the bench for the rest of the game, next guy to talk to somebody, push somebody do anything like that is done. And the play with Adonis was just ridiculous.”
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