Judge reverses ban on star high school wrestler that was arrested; can compete for fourth straight state title

After initially being barred from competing for a fourth-straight precocious schoolhouse wrestling title, Anthony Knox is acceptable to vie for a four-peat aft all.

The New Jersey wrestler was primitively disqualified from the authorities tourney aft getting progressive successful a brawl that ended with him and his dada arrested.

The incidental happened astatine the NJ District 25 Wrestling Tournament astatine Collingswood High School, according to NJ.com, and Knox is accused of sprinting into the stands, wherever a brawl began betwixt his father, Anthony Knox Sr., and fans watching the tournament. 

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126: Anthony Knox (SJV) p. Hunter Borer :21. St. John Vianney Wrestling defeats Southern Regional 33-27 successful Holmdel, NJ connected January 8, 2025. (IMAGN)

However, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels granted Knox Jr. a impermanent restraining bid from his prohibition connected Friday, which, astatine the moment, allows him to compete.

The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association, which Knox Jr. filed a suit against, said they planned to entreaty the court's determination that they "strongly disagree" with.

Videos appearing online showed the combat breaking retired and moving its mode down the bleachers. 

After the particulate settled, Jersey Sports Zone reported that some Knox Sr. and Knox Jr. were detained by constabulary aft the brawl, which occurred aft the 190-pound final. This came aft Knox had won his latest 126-pound territory title. 

Anthony Knox of St. John Vianney vs Kurt Wehner of Donovan Catholic successful Boys 120 lbs. final. Boys Wrestling finals astatine the NJSIAA State Wrestling Championships successful Atlantic City connected March 2, 2024 (IMAGN)

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Knox Jr., a Cornell commit, is the top-ranked 126-pound wrestler successful the United States with, done past weekend, a vocation 136-1 grounds and 123 consecutive wins, including his territory title. 

His alleged engagement successful the brawl did not impact his presumption connected the assemblage team.

The St. John Vianney elder is present competing for the Region 7 tourney this weekend. He weighed successful astatine the tourney little than an hr aft the court's decision. 

St. John Vianney's Anthony Knox controls Paul VI's Owen Gardner during the 126 lb. bout of the last circular of the District 25 wrestling tourney held astatine Collingswood High School connected Saturday, February 22, 2025. Knox defeated Gardner 17-2. (IMAGN)

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The authorities championships volition instrumentality spot adjacent weekend, wherever Knox Jr. is now, erstwhile again, the dense favourite aft winning each of his archetypal 3 years astatine SJV.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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