Star New Jersey wrestler Anthony Knox will get to compete for fourth title after judges shocking decision

Anthony Knox Jr., a three-time New Jersey high school state wrestling champion and a senior at St.John Vianney High School, will get a chance to win a fourth consecutive title after all.Mercer County Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels granted Knox Jr.

— disqualified after a brawl at the NJ District 25 Wrestling Tournament — a temporary restraining order from his ban, allowing him to participate in the Region 7 tournament Friday.But the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association — which Knox Jr.had filed the lawsuit against and which disqualified for violating its sportsmanship policy by “leaving the bench area during an altercation” — said in a statement that it planned to appeal.“NJSIAA respects the decision of the Mercer County court; however, we strongly disagree with it,” the association said in its statement.

“We will be appealing and considering all other options.In the meantime, Anthony Knox will be permitted to wrestle in the regional tournament under the terms of the temporary restraining order.”Toward the end of the tournament at Collingswood High School on Saturday, a brawl broke out between Knox Jr.’s father and other spectators, which resulted in Knox Jr.

entering the stands to, as he told ABC7 this week, protect his family since they were surrounded.His father, Anthony, told the outlet that he “saw a bunch of grown men yelling racial slurs at kids that I’ve been training since they were 6 years old, cursing at my son, cursing at my wife.”“As a man, I walked over, walked up into the stands, and asked the guy to stop,” Knox Jr.’s father told the outlet.“At that point, I was assaulted.

Never threw a punch.Never hurt anybody.

Never ran up there like a bat out of hell, just throwing punches at people.None of that happened.

I got pushed down the bleachers.I could have gotten seriously injured.

Then I got surrounded by about 10 other families.”Both Knox Jr.and Sr.

were led away from the school and int...