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| Lance Porter with Brigade volunteer Evelyn Austin |
The 11-12 year-old football game last night between Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club and University City was a spirited contest for the first half. University City only held a 2-0 lead at intermission. What had been a close game started to get out of hand in the third quarter as University City changed personnel groupings and adopted a power running game. Mathews-Dickey could do very little to stop it. Their opponents were much bigger and the physicality took its toll. With each University City touchdown, the faces of the Mathews-Dickey players began to show defeat - except one.
Lance Porter never stopped encouraging his teammates. He never stopped playing hard himself. His attitude was completely different than what you'd expect. Mathews-Dickey found itself on the wrong end of a 35-0 score, but you wouldn't know it by watching Porter. He respects the game of football by continuing to compete regardless of the score. It is for this reason that the Sportsmanship Brigade chose him as this week's award winner. The Sportsmanship Brigade will be out again this Saturday as Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club will host the St. Louis Outlaws in another 11-year-old match-up beginning at 3:30 p.m.
If your organization would like to be added to the Sportsmanship Brigade schedule or you would like to join the Brigade as a volunteer, please call 314-345-5130 or email salexander@stlsports.org. For more information on the Sportsmanship Brigade and all Sportsmanship Initiative programming, please visit www.stlsportsmanship.org. Until next time...
Be a Good Sport!
-Sol
If your organization would like to be added to the Sportsmanship Brigade schedule or you would like to join the Brigade as a volunteer, please call 314-345-5130 or email salexander@stlsports.org. For more information on the Sportsmanship Brigade and all Sportsmanship Initiative programming, please visit www.stlsportsmanship.org. Until next time...
Be a Good Sport!
-Sol
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