Southern Arizona Youth Football rallies around Chase Manzo

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and it is being felt within the southern Arizona youth football community.

AWARENESS MONTH.

IT'SSOMETHING THE BENSON YOUTHFOOTBALL PROGRAM KNOWS ABOUTALL TOO WELL.

JASON BARRREPOR HTSOW THIS PAST WEEKEND-- (ALL( OF SOUTHERN ARIZONASCORED FOR THIRTEEN- YEAR-OLDCHASE MANZO.

:00 TO 1:40 1:44TO 1:57IT'S OVERWHELMING, REALLY IT'STHIS PAST SATURDAY INSAHUARITA - AND THE BENSONYOUTH FOOTBALL TEAMS AREPLAYING WITH A YELLOW TWENTYFOUR PAINTED ON THE FIELD - CM24 STICKERS ON THEIR HELMETSAND ON THE CHEELEADERS HAVETEAM CHASE YELLOW RIONBBSEVERYBODY LOVES CHASE.

CHASEIS THIRTEEN YEAR OLD CHASEMANZO - A SON OF RYAN MANZO -WHO'S ONE OF THE BENSONFOOTBALL YOUTH COACHES HE'STHE TYPE OF KID EVERYONE LOVESTO BE AROU.

NDHE'S JUST A FUNKID.

CHASE MANZO WORE NUMBERTWENTY FOUR FOR BENSON - BUTHAS RECENTLY BEEN FACING ATOUGHER OPPONENT.

- A RAREFORM OF BONE CANCER KNOWN ASEWING'S SARCOMA.

HE'S STRONGPHYSICALLY, HIS BODY HATAS KENA TOLL.

MENTALLY, SPIRTUALLY,HE'S STRONG.

AFTER A THREEYEAR BATTLE - CHASE'S CANCERHAS RETURNED IN FULL FORCE -AND THERE IS NO FURTHERTREATMENT AT THIS TIME LASTWEEK- (BENSON YOUTH FOOTBALLAND CHEER( REVEALED CHASE'SFIGHT AGAINST EWING'S SARCOMAAND THEIR PLANS TO HONOR HIMGONAMEDAY IMMEDIATLEY - THEPRESIDENTS OF OTHERASSOCIATIONS ASKED IF THEYCOULD HONOR CHASE AS WELL.

ITWENT - AS THEY SAY - VIRAL ONFACEBOOK TEAMS FROM ALL OVERSOUTHERN ARIZONA JOINED IN.FROM THE TANQUE VERDE COWBOYS- TO THE SOUTHWEST RAMS - TOTHE TUCSON WILDCATS PLAYINGWITH CM24 EYE BLACK.

ALLRECOGNIZING CHASE MANZO.

IJUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FORSUPPORTING ME AND HELPING MEGET THRGHOU THIS.

THIS IS HOWWE SHOULD BE ALL THE TIME.EVERYBODY COMING TETOGHER ANDAND PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHINGBIGGER THAN FOOTBALL.

WE'REGREATFUL, AND WE REALLYAPPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE JUSTSURPRISED.

WE'VE ALWAYS HADGOOD SUPPORT HERE IN BENSON,BUT TO SEE ALL THE OTHERSUPPORTING CMUOMNITIES RALLYAND SUPPORT HIM, EVEN NOTKNOWING HIM, WE REALYAPPRECIATE IT.

THE MAZN SOSAYTHEIR FAMILY IS ENJOYING THETIME THEY HAVE NOW WITH CHASE.AND CHASE'S BIGGEST CONCERN -IS WHO WILL BE THERE FOR HISTHREE BROTHERS IF HE'S GOINGTO BE CARRYING THE FOOTBALLIIN HEAVEN HE'S A VERYINPSPIRATONAL.

HE'S A STRONGINDIVUDAL WHO ONLY CAR AESBOUTOTHER PEOPLE.

HE'S AMAZINGREALLY - KIND OF MY HERO.BENSON WILL RECOGNIZE CHASE ATIT'S NEXT HOME GAME.

HE WILLARRIVE VIA HELICOPTER - ANDDELIVER THE GAME BALL.

I'MJASON BARR.

KGUN NINE.THE SON OF FORMER ARIZONA