sports hero, too. bob montgomery covers high school sports for the bristol press. >> aaron did track in audition to football he also did basketball. he was described in any sport he played as a man playing with children. >> he was just kind of goofy and fun. >> kind of had a baby face and all the teachers loved him. >> brad mcmillan and andrew played basketball with aaron beginning in middle school. >> he was twice the size of me. we were the same height but he was more athletic obviously. he practiced all the time. >> practiced because his father dennis pushed him, constantly. >> his father was pretty strict. i mean, he told me his father used to make him shoot 500 shots before he could play with friends. his dad clearly kept him anchored. i saw a closeness with them that i had never seen before. there was something about dennis and aaron, the way they