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Ohio's top linebacker always toes the lines

By Jon Mahoney
ESPN RISE Magazine

Sunday, October 18, 2009

(This story appeared in the October Cincinnati edition of ESPN Rise Magazine.) After each practice, the Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio) football team gathers to reflect on what it means to be a Firebird by reciting the Lakota West football creed. I am a Lakota West football player I will put my team first I am dependable I am an example on and off the field I am respected for my work ethic, honesty, mental and physical toughness and I will never make excuses This is the creed of a Firebird ...

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