The 24-0 vote followed a closed session that reportedly lasted about a half hour.
The two players — one from the Bronx and the other from Paulsboro — lived in Ascolese apartments at below-market rates, the NJIAA said.
The punishment followed consideration by the league to put the Bruins on probation for two years and have school athletic officials attend eligibility hearings.
However, the Montclair Mounties — who lost the North 1, Group 4 title game to NBHS in December — appealed.
Ascolese, second only in popularity to venerated Coach Joe Coviello in North Bergen High School history, is undergoing cancer treatments and didn’t participate in the hearing in Robbinsville.
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