![]() ![]() ![]() The reversal comes less than three weeks after a federal judge - ruling on a lawsuit Starego’s parents filed against the NJSIAA and state Department of Education - denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to grant Anthony a fifth season. ![]() Whether Starego actually sees action is at the discretion of the Brick Township coaching staff. With approval of Brick Township Public Schools and support of the Green Dragons’ opponents, Starego will be allowed to join his teammates for the remainder of the 2013 schedule. He’s still not going to have a chance to achieve what many will in a lifetime who don’t have a disability, but we can make it a little better.” ![]() It will just enhance who he is and give him more tools to take to the real world. “No matter how many kicks Anthony makes, he’s still going to live with autism. “It’s about affecting meaningful change in the world. “This isn’t about kicking the football,” said Raymond Starego, Anthony’s father, who told NJ Press Media about the NJSIAA’s decision. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, which in April denied Starego a waiver to compete this fall because he was 19 and had played for four seasons, surprisingly reversed field Friday, telling Starego’s parents their son will be allowed to take the field exclusively as a kicker beginning with the Green Dragons’ home game against Toms River South Friday night. Anthony Starego, the Brick Township High School kicker with multisymptom autism whose game-winning field goal last season garnered national attention, has been granted an unprecedented fifth year of athletic eligibility. ![]()
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