A Barrington High School junior who was suspended from the varsity baseball team for possession of marijuana is fighting in the courts to get back on the field.

The 16-year-old boy and his parents filed a lawsuit in Cook County court Wednesday seeking to force Barrington Area School District 220 to end his baseball suspension after two school-level appeals failed. The lawsuit also says the student did not own the marijuana Barrington police say he admitted possessing the drug April 14 in a wooded area near Bakers Lake.

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