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KHS football team makes 6-year-old leukemia patient team captain

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The Kingston High School varsity football team will be the first to tell you that their new captain is quite possibly their toughest ever. Six-year-old Crosby Elementary first-grader Grace Thiele has the boys working harder than ever to score touchdown after touchdown as she roots from the sidelines. The team “adopted” Grace after coach Jeramie Collins challenged his football leadership class to go into the community and find a cause that’s “bigger than football.” That’s when they found Grace.

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