C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â His promising football career almost ended right there on the Mount Pleasant Lions Club field several years ago.
No orange slices, juice boxes or other postgame treats team parents hand out were going to be enough to convince Ryan Tyson otherwise.
He was ready to be done, hang up his cleats and his Lions Club Cowboys jersey, and maybe pursue the other sport he grew up loving: baseball.
But football?
Deuces. Peace out. Buh-bye.
The sport just wasnât fun for Tyson, not at the positions he had to play being one of the biggest kids in the league â 5 foot 8 and 135 pounds in the 10- to 12-year-old division.