JEFFERSON, TX (KTAL/KMSS) — Jefferson went 12-0 in year one under head coach Ty Taylor, but with a younger and less experienced team last season, the Bulldogs fell just short of expectations.
But with a veteran team, a new division, the Bulldogs plan to get right back on track.
It is a new season in Jefferson, but something that won't change is their motivation. Last year just before the first game of the year, Jefferson's Avery Lawson was diagnosed with leukemia. Doctors have since cleared Lawson to return to workouts.
"He'll come up here, workout a couple days, then he'll go to Dallas to get chemo. It's an honor to be beside him and play with him," said quarterback Chance Washington.
"It's crazy cause he'll text me coach I can't be there today, I'm going to get chemo and I'm just like its okay," Taylor said. "He would come out to practice with a backpack on, with medicine he was receiving via pump. It was crazy seeing him running routes, doing all these things and we know he's hurting, we know he's struggling, and he's not complaining."
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But with a veteran team, a new division, the Bulldogs plan to get right back on track.
It is a new season in Jefferson, but something that won't change is their motivation. Last year just before the first game of the year, Jefferson's Avery Lawson was diagnosed with leukemia. Doctors have since cleared Lawson to return to workouts.
"He'll come up here, workout a couple days, then he'll go to Dallas to get chemo. It's an honor to be beside him and play with him," said quarterback Chance Washington.
"It's crazy cause he'll text me coach I can't be there today, I'm going to get chemo and I'm just like its okay," Taylor said. "He would come out to practice with a backpack on, with medicine he was receiving via pump. It was crazy seeing him running routes, doing all these things and we know he's hurting, we know he's struggling, and he's not complaining."
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