High school student-athletes who repeat a grade because of learning disabilities won t risk losing athletics opportunities as seniors the legacy of a wrestler who took on the Minnesota State High School League and won.
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The Minnesota State High School League is appealing a court decision that restored athletic eligibility to an Ashby High School senior who repeated a grade because of a learning disability.
Deklin Goeden s family, which accused the league of illegal discrimination by reason of a learning disability, received a preliminary injunction against the league on Dec. 28 from Hennepin County District Judge Jacqueline Regis. The ruling cleared the way for Goeden to pursue competing in track and field and clay target shooting this spring.
The league s appeal, filed Jan. 5, asks whether Reis s ruling was an abuse of discretion or clearly erroneous as well as whether the District Court s decision is contrary to the record or is based on an erroneous view of the law.