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100 1 _aLowe, Keanon,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aHometown victory :
_ba coach's story of football, fate, and coming home /
_cKeanon Lowe, with Justin Spizman.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bFlatiron Books,
_c2022.
300 _aviii, 223 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aFriday night lights: you're always auditioning for something -- Losing a brother: there's a threat to your success around every corner -- A father's final lesson: respect the game -- Running the "9": fate rewards showing up -- QB1: relish in the greatness around you -- Bad news Broncos: mowing the lawns at Parkrose High -- Commitment day: just dial the number -- The "program": you get what you put into it -- Building steam: be valuable in everything you do -- David versus Goliath: you can't win 'em all -- An angel in the hallway: love is the antidote to hate -- A ride to remember: don't throw the days away.
510 3 _aJunior Library Guild
520 _a"The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opioids to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything--including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood--leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences--from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way--and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics--The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans--Keanon's journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope"--Provided by the publisher.
521 1 _aAges 14-17.
521 2 _aGrades 9-12.
586 _aA Junior Library Guild selection
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610 2 0 _aOregon Ducks (Football team)
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650 0 _aSchool sports
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_zOregon
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650 0 _aSchool shootings
_zOregon
_xPrevention
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700 1 _aSpizman, Justin,
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