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Article: Please take a moment to listen to Matt WrightAEs message.(Sports)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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I have a promise to keep, which requires the attention of our male readers, particularly the younger guys.
On Friday, Sept. 18, I had the good fortune to run into 2008 South Elgin graduate Matt Wright before the South Elgin football teamAEs home game against St. Charles East at Millennium Field.
Matt was standing along the fence line in the north end zone. He was on hand to support his younger brother Justin, a junior linebacker for the Storm.
It was beyond heartwarming to see him. Last winter a South Elgin coach told me Matt was engaged in a fight for his life with testicular cancer that had spread. He had endured several surgeries and his ...