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Boy With Down Syndrome Scores Touchdown
Here’s a nice sports story for you.
Matt Ziesel is a student at Benton High School in St. Joseph, Missouri. He has Down Syndrome, so while he is on the team, he doesn’t participate in “full-contact drills at practices,” according to the Kansas City Star.
At a game on Monday, with the Benton team trailing 46-0 with 10 seconds left to play, coach Dan McCamy wanted to get Matt on the field. He asked the opposing side’s coach if they would be willing to let Matt run the ball into the end zone. That would mean no shutout, but obviously they would still get the win. Coach McCamy told the Star that the other team “didn’t hesitate at all.” Apparently everyone was in tears when it was all over.
Here is a video of the run. You know what? He looks pretty good.
Source: Kansas City Star via Buzzfeed
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snarky mama commented on Sep 18 09 at 9:14 pmThat was really sweet. Those coaches should get some sort of awesome coach award.
PlumbLucky commented on Sep 21 09 at 8:32 amMade my morning!
wayneswatx commented on Sep 21 09 at 9:15 amI think a certain other coach needs to see this and learn a valuable lesson from this story.
Amber Leal commented on Sep 28 10 at 6:28 pmthe coaches and the students are just great its so nice to see that there are still people out there who have a heart and are willing to do such a thing.. GREAT JOB KIDS.. you are all a blessing from God and to this individual to give him the opprotunity to experience this!!!
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