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After that Garfield High School was under investigation for possible football recruiting violations, those close to the program want people to know that there鈥檚 another side to the story.

鈥淔or me personally, it鈥檚 very frustrating, angering,鈥� said assistant coach Thomas Bogan. 鈥淚鈥檓 hurt. I had an opportunity to coach the young man and some of the things in the article are untrue.鈥�

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The Time鈥檚 reported that 19-year-old Will Sanders came to Seattle from Texas and played football at Garfield High School. Sanders told The Times that Coach Joey Thomas hyped the football team to him before he made the move. But when the season was over, he returned home for Thanksgiving. He was not brought back to Seattle, however, Sanders told The Times:

‘They told us they would pay for us to come back up after Thanksgiving,’ Sanders said in an interview, referring to himself and another youth who had been flown up from the city of Beaumont, in southeast Texas. ‘But when I called, Coach Thomas starts giving us the runaround, and that was it. They just left us.’

The other side of the story largely comes from John McKinney, a Seattle resident who originally hails from Beaumont, Texas. He came to the Emerald City homeless and with drug problems. But he credits the 鈥済reat people of Seattle鈥� for helping him get his life straight. In turn, he now tries to help others, especially from his hometown.
That鈥檚 what John did with his son, Cameron.

From Beaumont to Garfield High School

鈥淐ameron鈥檚 brother, Chad, was murdered in Beaumont, Texas,鈥� McKinney told the Ron and Don Show. 鈥淐ameron was having a difficult time. I brought him up here for a visit. He liked Seattle. I could see he didn鈥檛 want to go back home. He went back home and he did some things.鈥�

McKinney worked it out so Cameron could return to Seattle.

鈥淕arfield showed him so much love and encouragement he just jumped on it and never looked back,鈥� McKinney said. 鈥淚 had a whole community in Beaumont, Texas watching Cameron鈥檚 success 鈥� and we have a lot of talented kids that don鈥檛 get an opportunity.鈥�

Cameron kept his grades up and played right into a college scholarship at the University of North Dakota where he is today. Some time later, McKinney came across another youth from Beaumont, Will Sanders.

鈥淲ill was introduced to me by a friend of mine,鈥� McKinney said. 鈥淲ill was having a few issues in Beaumont and they had been watching Cameron鈥檚 story. They had seen how Cameron had got his life straight 鈥� I flew (Will) here, as a matter of fact.鈥�

According to McKinney, Garfield鈥檚 football coach did not recruit the kids from Texas.

鈥淚鈥檓 the Beaumont person,鈥� McKinney said. 鈥楾hat was just the situation because of Cameron鈥檚 success and that was my community, and wanting to help a kid get his life straight.鈥�

鈥淗e came up here to get the grades up,鈥� he said. 鈥淗e couldn鈥檛 play sports without the grades. I said, 鈥楬ey man, you got to take care of business in the classroom.鈥� Evidently, he wasn鈥檛 doing what he needed to do; he had not been handling his business. He did not have to leave (back to Texas). But he insisted on leaving.鈥�

Will flew back to Texas around the Thanksgiving holiday, according to McKinney.

鈥淚 told him he didn鈥檛 have to leave,” McKinney said. “He chose to leave. Whatever reason, he wanted to go home. I didn鈥檛 even get into that. I took him to the airport, I gave him $400. I told him to call once he got home. He never called. I never saw him or talked to him again.鈥�

McKinney said he didn鈥檛 know that Will had later returned to Seattle until he randomly got a truancy report in the mail.

鈥淭hat tripped me out,鈥� McKinney said. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even know he was here.鈥�

McKinney鈥檚 side of the story strays from the narrative in The Seattle Times. Both Coach Bogan and McKinney were tight-lipped about other details around the young man鈥檚 situation and what happened at Garfield High School. They just want to get the word out that there is more to the story, and that what happened in the cases of Cameron and Will are far from recruiting for a football team.

鈥淚 do know that from my own situation with Will, there was an opportunity presented to me to help Will with the deadline that he had,鈥� Coach Bogan said. 鈥淚 reached out to Will and he seemed enthusiastic about getting the help. I told him, 鈥楬ey, I鈥檓 not going to do the work for you. In fact, I鈥檓 not going to be the one to push this. I鈥檓 looking for you to come to me, but I鈥檓 letting you know that I am here and willing to help you.鈥欌��

鈥淎 couple practices went along and I said, 鈥楬ey Will, I haven鈥檛 heard from you in regards to this assignment,鈥欌�� he said. 鈥淗e said he would let me know, and over the course of time he never followed through.鈥�