NJSIAA summons former NJ wrestling champion Anthony Knox for hearing
The NJSIAA intends to hold a hearing related to an incident involving Anthony Knox, former NJ high school state wrestling champion.
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has summoned Anthony Knox. The NJSIAA, the state governing body for high school athletics, has notified Knox’s attorney Patrick J. Jennings of its intention to hold a Controversies Committee hearing on April 9 related to an incident involving the former St.
John Vianney wrestler at the 2025 District 25 wrestling championship tournament in Collingswood, and whether Knox's subsequent Region 7 and state championship victory should be revoked. Knox, then a student at St. John Vianney, is now a freshman at Rutgers after originally committing to Cornell.
He became New Jersey’s fifth four-time New Jersey state wrestling champion in March 2025. Citing video evidence of Knox's actions, the NJSIAA suspended Knox after the altercation at District 25, but then was reinstated by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Bartels on multiple grounds, including the fact that Knox was not given a hearing by the NJSIAA and that since he was finished competing for the day, Knox did not leave the “bench area” that would have triggered an automatic suspension for future competition as per NJSIAA rules.
NJSIAA spokesman Mike Cherenson said litigation on the Knox case was still pending. “The NJSIAA maintains authority over its championships,” Cherenson said in a March 18 email to NorthJersey. com.