A great story comes out of North Carolina where a school honored its manager on Senior Night this past Thursday.
Sam Jordan was born with Down Syndrome. He has been the manager for Lake Norman High School since he was a freshman.
Coach Jonathan Oliphant cooked up a plan to have Jordan score a touchdown for the team against Vance.
Coach Glenwood Ferebee agreed and the emotions flowed when Jordan ran for a score before the kickoff of the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89EC5BF4sBs
“It was great,” said Ferebee, whose team, ranked No. 1 in the Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 poll, rallied to win 35-16. “My background is in special (education), and I identify with those kids and I understand how special they are. I talked to my kids and said, ‘Make sure that kid has the best moment because he’ll remember this for the rest of his life.’ ”
Oliphant said the moment was everything he — and Jordan — could’ve hoped for.
“You try to teach these kids to be good people and good husbands and good dads,” Oliphant said. “At some point, the Man Upstairs will judge us all, and I try to live by the Golden Rule and I try to get these kids to do the same. The world’s a crazy place right now, but I think we made his night.”