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TAYLOR — Jordan Chmielewski and Victor Holt became friends the first day they met many years ago.
According to their memories, they were in kindergarten and starting youth sports. They were classmates and teammates and had an immediate connection.
Through their varsity careers, the two helped the Spartans have success in both football and track. Now, before they head off to college, they will play as members of the County all-star team, which faces the City all-stars in the 90th Scranton Lions Club Dream Game.
The duo can’t wait for kickoff Wednesday at 7 p.m. at John Henzes/Veterans Memorial Stadium.
“We have a great relationship,” Chmielewski said at the County all-star practice last week. “I know that I can call on him for anything. If I have a bad day, he is always there to help me out, and I would do the same for him. Everything started for us with the Olyphant Lions in junior football, and it built from there.
“I am really looking forward to the Dream Game. One last game with the Spartans logo on my helmet and with my boy Victor is just great.”
Being such close friends has both excited about being teammates for the County.
“I consider him a brother,” Holt said. “We grew up together and played football together. We bled Mid Valley blue. We have had a great connection, and I am glad to have called him a friend through these 13–14 years.”
Chmielewski is eager to get back on the field in a Spartan uniform.
In his senior season, with Mid Valley off to a good start and poised to challenge Dunmore in a Lackawanna Football Conference showdown, he suffered an injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the year. At the time, he led the LFC Division II in passer rating and completed 34 of his 55 passes for 389 yards, seven touchdowns and a rating of 159.6.
Disappointed, he remained a leader for the Spartans, and the…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/90th-dream-game-mid-valley-000200981.html
Author : The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
Publish date : 2024-07-15 00:02:00
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