Paywalled, but the arrested parent was Anthony Knox's dad.Father of 3-time state wrestling champ led away in handcuffs after brawl at state tourney
Two people were arrested following a brawl at a state wrestling tournamentwww.nj.com
What I have heard from two people who were there is that a parent of an opposing team flipped off a kid from SJV. SJV is the team Knox wrestles for. I believe it was 190 lb match and the kid celebrated and a parent flipped him off. Those parents were booing the SJV kids all day and that was the last straw and Knox dad confronted them and someone pushed him and a fight started
Gonna be interesting. In Jersey, if a wrestler was involved they will be banned from tourney. My son is friends with Knox and a couple other SJV kids, will try to get some info
Some athletes were involved not sure who and from what teams. West Deptford parents were involved they were the ones talking crap and booing all day
My son told me last night that a few of the SJV kids were involved.
The guy walking in the white shirt and going up into the stands is Knox dad
He’d be one of the last people they should F with
Hope none are suspended. When something like that happens you just react. Not saying I agree with what happened but I hope everyone can still compete on both sides
I know and he's not one to act that way he knows he's a badass. That dad flipping the kid off was it he had enough and was gonna go say something. And someone had other ideas and it escalated
Based on the video content, I sure hope not too. It would be an extremely loose definition of "involved," to have not been within 10 yards of the actual involvement.
If you were ever gonna F with him, that's the time. He has no leverage, and you have numbers on your side.
Apparently some of the kids ran to bleachers but I don’t believe any of the kids threw punches or anything. There was no so called “bench” since it was individual part so hopefully no kids get suspended
If you are good enough at sports most people will excuse just about anything these days. It’s a societal failing.
I have no problem if they get suspended , I am getting tired of reading where everyone things they have to accept every invitation to a fight. The fact is folks need to learn to walk away in most cases , Knox is 19 so he needs to learn that there are adult consequences at this age.
A little more detail. This was the District 25 finals as part of the NJ State individual tournament. St. John Vianney had won ten of the first eleven matches (losing only 113), with one decision, three majors, four tech falls, and two falls, and were being booed each time (everyone loves a winner, right?). The next match was 190, and the SJV wrestler lost 12-11. Apparently, the crown erupted in cheers, with the result described above. No idea who started what, but I do know you just don't get physical.
Give me a f ing break. You see your dad up in stands going at it, and you expect him to sit on his hands?
No one’s making excuses for the father’s actions. I just don’t want to see kids suspended for running to bleachers to see what’s going on (In Knox case, to make sure his father ok).
You say no one is making excuses for Knox sr. then in the very next paragraph you do. Knox sr. didn’t need to address any name calling or verbal heckling- most of us walk away from that as opposed to engaging. Why would he do that what positive outcome did he expect. Knox Jr can learn a lesson about seeking altercation also . Didn’t he have some sort of problem at escape the rock tournament after a loss a couple of years ago. These boards are filled with apologists for bad behavior
Again, if all hell is breaking loose and you feel the need to run towards it or if someone is saying something and you feel you need to confront them about it so be it, if you accept the consequences. That's your prerogative and as I stated before, if you're doing what you think is right, you know there's going to be consequences and you still do it, that's badass.
Bracket for NJ Region 7, in which St. John Vianney resides, shows Knox as the #1 seed, so he didn't get DQed. I'll have to dig further, but it appears that 13 out of the 14 SJV wrestlers are in the Regional tournament, with the exception being the guy at 215 who didn't reach the District semi-finals. So, nobody got DQed from SJV.
Nobody got DQed from SJV, since everyone who qualified from District 25 is now listed in the Region 7 brackets, including #1 @126 Anthony Knox. That could change, but I'd think it unlikely.
Even if the report is 100% accurate I have very little confidence that the NJSIAA will do the right thing. In my view they have no credibility or integrity
I was friends with Ryan Jimmo, who was in the top 10 of the UFC light heavyweight division for a time. Looked like he could kill any normal person without effort, but a really nice guy.
