HAPPY
HAPPY TEARS COMING OUT... AND HE'S LIKE THAT'S ME, THAT'S ME! HE
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REMEMBER THIS? LAST
WEEK ON OUR
NEWSCASTS, WE SHOWED YOU THIS AMAZING CLIP OF A 7TH GRADE BOY ON
THE RIVERGLEN JUNIOR
HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM.
BRADLEY MADE A BASKET
AND WAS CHEERED ON BY
BOTH TEAMS, AND BY
EVERYONE IN THE CROWD.
HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HE
WAS BEING RECOGNIZED
ON CHANNEL 7.
WE WERE SO INSPIRED BY
BRADLEY THAT WE
WANTED TO FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THIS
SPECIAL KID, AND THE
TEAM WHO RALLIES
AROUND HIM AT EVERY
GAME!
MAGGIE O'MARA HAS THE
HEARTWARMING STORY IN
TONIGHT'S SEVEN'S HERO.
1,2,3
1,2,3 GRIZZLIES! SOMETHING SPECIAL IS HAPPENING ON THIS
BASKETBALL COURT AT
RIVERGLEN JUNIOR HIGH...
WE ARE SO PROUD OF
BRADLEY, HE'S SUCH AN
INSPIRATION TO US, HE
COURAGE, HIS BRAVERY,
IT'S BEEN TRULY
INSPIRING.
13-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY
BLASKESLEE IS MAKING A
BIG IMPACT... HE WANTS
YOU TO KNOW...
THAT I LIKE SPORTS!
HE JOINED OUR TEAM
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO
PLAY BASKETBALL AND I
THINK BRADLEY HAS
PLAYED IN EVERY GAME
EXCEPT ONE.
WHEN HE GETS ON THE
COURT, EVERYONE IS
CLAPPING AND CHEERING,
BOTH TEAMS ARE
CLAPPING AND CHEERING.
BRADLEY IS A STAR ON
THIS HARDWOOD.
KINDA WEIRD, BUT I LIKE
IT THOUGH!
SOMEONE YOU'LL ALWAYS
SPOT IN THE STANDS, HIS
PROUD MOM.
BRADLEY IS MY AMAZING
CHILD... I CRY SORRY, HE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A
RARE GENETIC DISORDER
CALLED KIBUKI
SYNDROME...
HE IS THE MOST
AMAZIGN CHILD, THE BEST
BROTHER, JUST ALL
AROUND KID YOU CAN
PRETTY MUCH IMAGINE.
HE CAME TO RIVERGLEN
THIS
THIS YEAR, AND WE WERE SO BLESSED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO COME HERE, THE
TEACHERS, THE STAFF, THE
KIDS, EVERYONE HAS BEEN
PRETTY MUCH AMAZING
TO HIM.
BRADLEY IS ONE OF OUR
SPECIAL PLAYERS. HE'S A
PLAYER THAT HAS SPECIAL
NEEDS, AND HE REALLY
WANTED TO GET
INVOLVED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON. SO WE FOUND A
WAY TO GET HIM ON THE
FOOTBALL FIELD...
AFTER FOOTBALL SEASON
WE WERE ABLE TO GET
HIM INVOLVED IN
WRESTLING WHERE HE
PLACED AS A CITY
CHAMPION IN HIS OWN
WEIGHT DIVISION.
FROM THERE WE GOT
HIM INTO BASKETBALL.
THROUGH THAT WE'VE
REALLY BOOSTED HIS
CONFIDENCE, HIS
POSITIVITY IS AMAZING,
IT'S TRULY RIPPLED
THROUGH OUR SCHOOL.
WHEN EVERYONE IS ABLE
TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO,
IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY CAN
DO IT TOO.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO
BE EQUAL... AND IT'S
GOOD TO SEE BRADLEY
PLAYING BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR
EVERYONE TO SEE THAT
EVERYONE DESERVES AN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
I'D BE WILLING TO BET
THAT HE'S OUR LEADING
SCORER AND I THINK HE
AVERAGES ABOUT FOUR
POINTS A GAME... I THINK
THAT WOULD MAKE HIM
OUR SEASON TOTAL OUR
LEADING SCORER WHICH
IS PRETTY AWESOME.
YEAH LAYUPS... IF YOU
GIVE HIM THE BALL IN THE
KEY HE CAN DEFINITELY
SCORE.. YEAH, HE'S
PROFESSIONAL.
I LIKE WHEN THEY ARE
CHEERING ON ME AND I'M
LIKING THAT THEY ARE
PASSING ME THE BALL...
THEY GET SO PUMPED UP
WHENEVER HE MAKES A
SHOT AND HE GETS IN THE
GAME...
THEY EMBRACE HIM
WHEN HE COMES OFF THE
SIDELINE.
FOR HIS MOM, IT'S
INCREDIBLE TO HEAR
EVERYONE IN THAT GYM
CHANTING HER SON'S
NAME!
I CRY JUST LIKE ALWAYS,
THE PLAYERS, THE FANS IN
THERE... THE OTHER TEAM,
THE OTHER COACHES,
RIVERGLEN HAS BEEN THE
BEST FIT FOR BRADLEY...
HE CRIES AFTERWARDS...
AND I SAY ARE YOU OKAY
AND
AND HE
AND HE SAYS THEY ARE HAPPY TEARS MOM, HAPPY TEARS.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT
EXAMPLE FOR THE
SCHOOL...
WE'RE 0 AND SIX... BUT
WHEN
WHEN WE
WHEN WE SEE THE COMMUNITY SHOWING UP AND THE OTHER TEAM
SHOWING UP AND
EVERYONE BEING
INCLUSIVE AND
SUPPORTIVE OF OUR
PLAYERS, THAT'S
DEFINITELY A WIN IN MY
BOOK.
BRADLEY - AND HIS TEAM
ARE INSPIRING PEOPLE ALL
OVER OUR COMMUNITY...
THESE KINDS OF THINGS
ARE HAPPENING IN OUR
SCHOOLS EVERY DAY, AND
WE'RE JUST PROUD TO BE
THE SCHOOL THAT'S ABLE
TO SHOWCASE IT!
1,2,3 GRIZZLIES!
THEY ARE SEVEN'S
HEROES.
HEROES.
WHAT
WHAT A
WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN COME FROM INCLUDING