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5. The movie that I had choose to watch was “When the Game Stands Tall”. It was about when a high school had a winning steak of 151 games. Their was someone called Terrence Kelly who was a stand out athlete for them had a full ride to Oregon. The day before he was going to go Oregon he was going to go pick up his friend becuase he was high. He was waiting at the vehicle and someone came up and shot him. The whole community was shocked about this happening. They gathered around the family and supported them. The first game of the season for De la salle in 2004 played the powerhouse Belluve and they losted 39-20. The press was all over it and the players started to get at each other. The next game they lost 27-24 and Kris Ryan was downed at the

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