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My son Drew (a senior this year) played in his final High school football game last Friday.
His team won 49-6 over the other team, & he had a couple nice long runs in the first half as well as a one yard TD run. He caught a pass in the end zone as time expired in the first half for his 2nd TD of the evening.
At halftime his team was up 42-0. He had limited play in the 2nd half but did stop the other team from scoring with a sweet move cutting in front of their receiver in the end zone & catching an interception that gave us the ball.
We played everybody but our 8 year old water boys in the 2nd half, so it was a great way to finish off the season, & his team ended up 6 & 4 on the year.
With 30 seconds left to play the opposing team called a time out for a meeting of ours & their coaches.
They then put in a very large young man off the bench that has Autism.
Big Mike Halliwell was doing his best to complete high school & has been a regular member of the opposing football team since 7th grade.
It was the last game of the year for them, and his last chance to play high school football.
He is by age & sports eligibility technically a senior, but will still be attending high school next year due to his limited class load.
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Here's a link to the story:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/local sports/2013/11/03/big-mike-scores-td-for-all-to-cheer
In his last play of his last game as a high school athlete he took the hand off & raced (in slow motion) thru our defense untouched for a touchdown.
It was a tear jerking moment for sure & showed a lot of class from both coaches & teams alike.
Something our son (and us) will remember for life.
His team won 49-6 over the other team, & he had a couple nice long runs in the first half as well as a one yard TD run. He caught a pass in the end zone as time expired in the first half for his 2nd TD of the evening.
At halftime his team was up 42-0. He had limited play in the 2nd half but did stop the other team from scoring with a sweet move cutting in front of their receiver in the end zone & catching an interception that gave us the ball.
We played everybody but our 8 year old water boys in the 2nd half, so it was a great way to finish off the season, & his team ended up 6 & 4 on the year.
With 30 seconds left to play the opposing team called a time out for a meeting of ours & their coaches.
They then put in a very large young man off the bench that has Autism.
Big Mike Halliwell was doing his best to complete high school & has been a regular member of the opposing football team since 7th grade.
It was the last game of the year for them, and his last chance to play high school football.
He is by age & sports eligibility technically a senior, but will still be attending high school next year due to his limited class load.
.
Here's a link to the story:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/local sports/2013/11/03/big-mike-scores-td-for-all-to-cheer
In his last play of his last game as a high school athlete he took the hand off & raced (in slow motion) thru our defense untouched for a touchdown.
It was a tear jerking moment for sure & showed a lot of class from both coaches & teams alike.
Something our son (and us) will remember for life.
