Thread by @highschoolot, Tonight on #HSOTHonors we'll be announcing the Stuart Scott Courage Award winner [...]

Tonight on #HSOTHonors we'll be announcing the Stuart Scott Courage Award winner presented by @publicmediaNC.

Watch at 8 PM on FOX 50 & http://HighSchoolOT.com or the HighSchoolOT app.

Here's a thread with the nominees of the Courage Award!

Reidsville's Breon Pass lost his father last year. He was also Breon's HS basketball coach. Breon excelled in football & basketball this year, winning a state title in football and collecting offers in both sports.

https://www.highschoolot.com/i-can-feel-him-reidsville-s-breon-pass-excels-in-football-basketball-while-coping-with-loss-of-father/19107347/ #HSOTHonors

'I can feel him': Reidsville's Breon Pass excels in football, basketball while coping with loss of...

Breon Pass is a state champion and a sought after recruit. The two-sport star suffered a loss last summer though when his father, who was also his high school basketball coach, died at the age of 41.

https://www.highschoolot.com/i-can-feel-him-reidsville-s-breon-pass-excels-in-football-basketball-while-coping-with-loss-of-father/19107347/

Wheatmore's Jake Tuggle was diagnosed with a birth defect before he was born & doctors urged his parents to terminate the pregnancy. They didn't. Now Jake is thriving and will play college basketball.

https://www.highschoolot.com/jake-tuggle-s-story-of-courage-almost-never-happened-but-now-he-s-thriving/19109275/ #HSOTHonors

Jake Tuggle's story of courage almost never happened, but now he's thriving

Doctors told Jake Tuggle's parents that he likely wouldn't survive the pregnancy and urged them to terminate it, they didn't listen though, and now Jake is thriving as an athlete and a leader in the...

https://www.highschoolot.com/jake-tuggle-s-story-of-courage-almost-never-happened-but-now-he-s-thriving/19109275/

Holly Springs' Casen Whitehead was diagnosed with cancer, but it hasn't kept him from running cross country (where he qualified for the conference championship) and giving back to the community.

https://www.highschoolot.com/cancer-doesn-t-define-me-while-battling-disease-holly-springs-whitehead-focuses-on-school-running-other-people/19111058/ #HSOTHonors

'Cancer doesn't define me': While battling disease, Holly Springs' Whitehead focuses on school,...

Casen Whitehead has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, but that hasn't prevented him from getting straight A's, qualifying for the conference championship cross country meet, or...

https://www.highschoolot.com/cancer-doesn-t-define-me-while-battling-disease-holly-springs-whitehead-focuses-on-school-running-other-people/19111058/

Doctors told Pine Forest's Jason Norton there's nothing else they can do for his cancer treatments, but he's not backing down from the fight as he leans on faith & family.

https://www.highschoolot.com/the-fight-of-his-life-jason-norton-doesn-t-give-in-to-diagnosis/19113922/ #HSOTHonors

The fight of his life: Jason Norton doesn't give in to diagnosis

His oncologist told him there's nothing more that they can do for him, but Pine Forest athletic director Jason Norton isn't giving up his fight with colorectal cancer.

https://www.highschoolot.com/the-fight-of-his-life-jason-norton-doesn-t-give-in-to-diagnosis/19113922/

Green Hope's Tyler Trexler was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last summer, but he's kept playing basketball for the Falcons and now he's officially in remission.

https://www.highschoolot.com/rare-form-of-cancer-doesn-t-keep-green-hope-senior-off-basketball-court/19115430/ #HSOTHonors

Rare form of cancer doesn't keep Green Hope senior off basketball court

Tyler Trexler was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, and despite 14 rounds of chemotherapy and 31 rounds of radiation, Tyler continued to play basketball for thet Falcons. Now he's officially in remission.

https://www.highschoolot.com/rare-form-of-cancer-doesn-t-keep-green-hope-senior-off-basketball-court/19115430/

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