The Paulsboro High School football team will compete in Saturday's sectional semifinal against Schalick, but the Red Raiders will be playing severely short-handed.

That's because 16 players have been deemed ineligible following last Saturday's on-field melee in an opening-round game against Woodbury that ended with 4:41 left in the fourth quarter.

Paulsboro won the game, 38-0. The Red Raiders will host Schalick in the South Jersey Group 1 semifinal on Saturday. Kickoff is set for noon.

The incident involved a late hit out of bounds on Paulsboro quarterback Malakhai McKenzie on his team’s sideline and quickly escalated onto the field.

The NJSIAA conducted an investigation into the incident and released a statement on Monday:

"An altercation broke out along the Paulsboro sideline whi

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