Southern Regional High School administrator Joe DiPietro probably doesn’t get blamed for too many things, but Grace McClellan came up with something to implicate him.

“He got me involved with the high school challenger league, and I’ve stuck with it,” said McClellan, who recently launched the Manahawkin Mavericks organization. “I loved working with the kids, and it’s such a big part of me now, so I’m rolling with it.”

The Manahawkin Mavericks is a challenger league for children with autism, ages 5 to 12, the main goal of which is to…