A simple act of sportsmanship prevails after high

In a social media world where fights between gamers in the handshake line, fights among followers in the bleachers and fights in the locker room always appear to obtain the most clicks and consideration, let’s hope a simple act of sportsmanship and kindness from Saturday’s South Gate-Dorsey soccer playoff sport goes viral.

After South Gate received the City Section Division I semifinal 28-20, a number of Dorsey gamers have been distraught.

The profitable quarterback, junior Michael Gonzalez, heard a unusual sound while shaking arms.

“I heard someone crying,” he said. “I looked to my right and saw two players, one I knew and one I didn’t.”

He went over to console both. The participant he didn’t know, William Smith of Dorsey, was resting on one knee, head down, helmet off.

Gonzalez said he told him, “There’s more to life than just football. You got college. Keep your head up. It was a good game.”

Losing a semifinal sport is hard. But profitable and performing with class and respect also might be powerful.

Asked where he realized about sportsmanship, Gonzalez said, “It’s what I was taught by my mom and coaches. Be a good person no matter what.”

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