MrSpkr's random thoughts . . .: I love stories like this . . .

Friday, February 16, 2007

Cain Middle School teammates congratulated Mason Sevier after he hit his first basket in a game against Williams on Thursday. When word spread by e-mail that Mason was to play, hundreds came to the game to cheer him on.

Fourteen year old Mason Sevier has Down's Syndrome, just like my Katie. He loves basketball, just like my Katie. He plays basketball for his school team, too . . .

Mason Sevier sank the basketball neatly into the net Thursday, making the first basket of the game for the Cain Middle School Mustangs.

Watching from the front row, his father's face flushed, and his eyes watered.

"Everybody in there stood up and clapped and called his name," Cliff Sevier said.

It was a moment he and his wife, Teresa, didn't think they'd see.

"He's got Down syndrome," explained Mr. Sevier, a Rockwall City Council member.

When Mason was born, doctors suggested putting him in an institution.

Instead, his parents decided to raise him at home and send him to Rockwall schools, where he has been mainstreamed since kindergarten. His team's opponents were students he had known all through elementary school. Last year, he headed to Cain while his classmates moved on to Williams Middle School.

Go read the whole thing, and make sure you watch the video, too. This is what school athletics is supposed to be all about.
- posted by MrSpkr @ 08:14

Comments:

So heartwarming. There is something so special about Down Syndrome children. Their hearts are just as pure as it gets.

Is Katie your daughter? If so, you are both so blessed to have each other!

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BlondeBlogger : Friday, March 16, 2007 12:46:00 AM

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