The Rest of the Story

As promised, I will add the rest of the story to my last blog post just in case someone was unable to link to the website that covered the story. I hope you were. It is much more impactful than what I can write here. That being said here is the...

SPOILER ALERT! If you have not read the previous post about Good Sports, stop now and read that one first.

To recap, the story was of El Paso, Texas' Coronado high school's basketball team whose manager was mentally challenged.  Before the game, the coach, Peter Morales, had the manager, Mitchell Marcus, suit up and knew that tonight he would give the boy his chance. As the game neared the end, the team was 10 points ahead. The coach put the manager in and let him play. Unfortunately Mitchell missed throw after throw. Finally, with seconds left the ball went to the opposing team.

At that point the scenario changes.  Franklin High School Senior, Jonathan Montanez, gets the ball. Instead of throwing it to one of his teammates, he calls out Mitchell's name and throws him the ball. In the final seconds of the game Mitchell throws.....and the ball goes IN!

The stands erupt in cheers and students flood the floor. It can be noted here, that Coronado High School was still in the lead, and was going to win. But that really has nothing to do with the story.

• The coach was prepared to lose as long as Mitchell had his chance to shine.
• Jonathan Montanez was ready to step back to give another player the chance of a lifetime.
• The whole student body was ecstatic for Mitchell when he made the basket.

Sometimes it just feels great to step back and let someone else be the star. That's really the whole point of being a good sport, isn't it?