Good story about a kid who has liver disease and finally got to play on the football field.....
Sick teen kicks 3 extra points in first, only game
Sick teen kicks 3 extra points in first, only game - Yahoo! News
WAUSAU, Wis. ? Darin "Doogie" Weiks is a high school football celebrity in central Wisconsin ? thanks to playing one game that was his first and also his last.
"I never thought it would happen," the Athens High School senior said Friday. "This is very special and the best thing in my life. I wanted to play football pretty bad."
Weiks, 17, has a rare, genetic liver disease that prevented him from playing the sport ? until Thursday night's 33-19 win over Abbotsford.
A friend on the team suggested that Weiks, who plays on the Bluejays' basketball and baseball teams, be the kicker for the last game. The coaches and his parents agreed, and after just three days of practice, Weiks pulled on No. 5 for the season finale.
Since middle school, Weiks wanted to play football, but the chance was too risky of a hit rupturing his enlarged liver. He has an ailment called glycogen storage disease, he said. Last month, doctors found cancerous tumors and Weiks is now on a list for a liver transplant.
Sick teen kicks 3 extra points in first, only game
Sick teen kicks 3 extra points in first, only game - Yahoo! News
WAUSAU, Wis. ? Darin "Doogie" Weiks is a high school football celebrity in central Wisconsin ? thanks to playing one game that was his first and also his last.
"I never thought it would happen," the Athens High School senior said Friday. "This is very special and the best thing in my life. I wanted to play football pretty bad."
Weiks, 17, has a rare, genetic liver disease that prevented him from playing the sport ? until Thursday night's 33-19 win over Abbotsford.
A friend on the team suggested that Weiks, who plays on the Bluejays' basketball and baseball teams, be the kicker for the last game. The coaches and his parents agreed, and after just three days of practice, Weiks pulled on No. 5 for the season finale.
Since middle school, Weiks wanted to play football, but the chance was too risky of a hit rupturing his enlarged liver. He has an ailment called glycogen storage disease, he said. Last month, doctors found cancerous tumors and Weiks is now on a list for a liver transplant.