The Davis High School football team showed two of their teammates love Friday night, wearing red, white and blue to stand by the boys and their family after a tragedy.
Meanwhile, some of the world's best athletes are also sending their support, as sports communities across the globe rally for the family ofPlaying against Clearfield High School on Clearfield's turf Friday, the Davis High crowd yelled and cheered, filling the visitor side with the sound of team spirit.She was cheering on her two sons, No. 35 Jarom Parker and No. 23 Johnny Parker.
The team found out that the boys' father, James Parker, died on Aug. 19. He was just at their last football game the day prior, cheering on the team. "He's bigger than life," she said, getting choked up as her voice started to shake. "He just ... if you met him, you would never forget him because he's that kind of guy. He's that kind of guy, where it just, once you know James Parker — you know him."
A retired Olympic athlete who made it to the Athens Games in 2004 to compete in the hammer throw, James Parker became Blair's coach in the Paralympics. After James Parker's death, his Team USA family paid tribute to him in Budapest during the World Athletics Championships. According to an Instagram post by the team, Laulauga Tausaga-Collins became the first-ever woman in Team USA history to win a world discus title.
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