Friday Feels: Blind HS football player scores first touchdown

I know this isn’t Cleveland-related, but we don’t’ geographically discriminate here on Friday Feels. This week’s story comes to you from Dallas, Pennsylvania. A couple weeks ago, the Mountaineers of Dallas High School welcomed the Warriors of Wyoming Area High for a Saturday night gridiron tango. They did so with a special honorary captain at their side.

Justin Olenginski is a 15-year-old freshman at Dallas High. He was born without sight and has trouble walking, but neither of those things have stopped him from being a fan of the Mountaineer football team. That night both teams came together and gave him a moment him and his family won’t soon forget. Video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjXMcd4SP5M

Now that you’re good and glassy-eyed, go back and watch it again. That Dallas player that leads Justin into the end zone and lifts him up after the score? Number 30? That’s his older brother Mike, a senior captain. Sweet Jesus if one of the refs was their dad coming back from a tour of duty I honestly think my heart would explode. Direct hit, right to the feels. Mike said this after the game:

“My coach gave us the okay to have Justin over here go out for a touchdown after the halftime,” brother Mike Olenginski told WNEP. “It was just a great opportunity to share that experience with him because I honestly never thought I’d be able to take my brother out on the field.”

Oof. What a moment for the brothers, their parents and anyone that was there.

How about Justin with a Gronk spike to top it off though? With authority!