The Trib weighs in with a couple of things – first is this short video of Narduzzi’s post practice interview:
The second is Jerry D’s article about the next star on offense Donte’ Ford (my opinion not his). Ford’s contributions far exceed the chalk boundaries of the football field:
There were days early this spring when Sto-Rox baseball and softball players were forced to share gloves to get through a practice When the sports returned to the school district after a two-year hiatus due to lack of funds, athletic director Ryan Kacsur thought the girls might have to wear mismatched uniforms.
An even sadder reality: Some players may not get enough to eat before and after games. “It breaks my heart seeing that,” Kacsur said.
Then, one day, Pitt wide receiver/Sto-Rox graduate Dontez Ford and classmates Jim Fanning and Craig Bittner showed up in his office. They wanted to help.
For a project in their Advertising and Social Media class, the seniors, with free-of-charge production from professional videographers Ben Petchel and Adam Kunes, decided to create a video and promote it with the aim of raising money and awareness for the baseball and softball teams.
Their initial goal was $4,000 to be split equally between the teams. Some thought they set their sights too high. “Even our professor was kind of wary,” Fanning said.
But less than week after the video was released Feb. 24 on Facebook, they reached their goal and money kept coming in from 92 donors. So far, they have raised $5,800, Ford said. Two donors gave $500. Donations are still being accepted on the GoFundMe page on Facebook.com/BringitbackPGH.
