A post-game fight between two of the state’s top high school soccer powerhouses devolved into violent chaos on Saturday night, with one of New Jersey’s top-ranked players grabbing the throat of a photographer who was taking pictures of the melee.

According to several witnesses, an argument broke out in the post-match handshake line at the St. Benedict’s Prep vs. St. Peter’s Prep soccer game in Jersey City, with players pushing, shoving and eventually throwing punches.

Tom Horak, a photographer assigned by NJ Advance Media to cover the game, was taking pictures of the dispute when St. Benedict’s junior forward Amadou Hann sprinted after him from about 30 yards away.

Horak, 31, said Hann charged him, demanded he delete the photos and grabbed him by the throat, leaving Horak with a

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