This is in Devontae Payne's thread but the story itself deserves its own thread...great read that hits close to home for me. 4 pages but worth the time..
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Cleveland South's high school football team a winner regardless of playoff score, says columnist Terry Pluto
Friday, November 02, 2007
Led by a coach who won't quit, Cleveland South's 28-man football team bands together for its first-ever state playoff game.
When Jarvis Gib son stands in front of the 28 Cleveland South High School football players, the coach thinks about more than his team making the school's first trip to the state playoffs tonight when the Flyers face Normandy at Byers Field in Parma.
The coach thinks about John Steele, who has spent the last three years in a foster home. A junior lineman, Steele has a 3.1 grade-point average. He's always on time, very polite, the kind of young man who tells people, "I have a family here with 30 brothers."
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