Doing it for Dad: Brothers dedicate title effort
Posted: December 16th, 2009, 9:56 am
It's a story straight out of the movies.
A father fighting cancer - battling to make it until his sons' championship football season is over - loses his battle two weeks ago. But not before making one final plea to his boys:
"Win it for me," he said.
They did.
When Pilot Point (Texas) High captured the Texas 2A Division 1 title this weekend, Jarman Johnson and Willie Davis granted his wish.
Their father was the inspiration.
"Henry Melvin Davis," Jarman told the Dallas Morning News after the game. "That's my daddy. We did it for him. We came out and won this game for him, not for us but for the man in the sky."
The previous Monday, the boys - and all of their teammates - were at their father's funeral. Their teammates understood what the title game meant to them.
"His words were, 'Win it for me,'" wide receiver Justin Chambers told the Dallas ABC-TV affiliate (WFAA) before the game. "Jarman has been saying every week, 'This is for my daddy, this is for my daddy.' We're hoping to do it for his daddy."
http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1028541
A father fighting cancer - battling to make it until his sons' championship football season is over - loses his battle two weeks ago. But not before making one final plea to his boys:
"Win it for me," he said.
They did.
When Pilot Point (Texas) High captured the Texas 2A Division 1 title this weekend, Jarman Johnson and Willie Davis granted his wish.
Their father was the inspiration.
"Henry Melvin Davis," Jarman told the Dallas Morning News after the game. "That's my daddy. We did it for him. We came out and won this game for him, not for us but for the man in the sky."
The previous Monday, the boys - and all of their teammates - were at their father's funeral. Their teammates understood what the title game meant to them.
"His words were, 'Win it for me,'" wide receiver Justin Chambers told the Dallas ABC-TV affiliate (WFAA) before the game. "Jarman has been saying every week, 'This is for my daddy, this is for my daddy.' We're hoping to do it for his daddy."
http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1028541
