Kept 'captain'? It is the strongest wrong word in the sentence, and he really did walk out with the captains, but going out for a coin toss is not the thing that happened. Dropped 'with'? Do not. Down-Syndrome is one word on the tile on purpose, so that the five can say he has it rather than making it the thing that describes him. Kept 'handoff' or 'play'? That is how the ball reached him, and the five has room for what he did with it.
This one really happened. It was senior night at Freedom Field in Rosharon, Texas, and Manvel High School were playing Alvin High in front of their own crowd. Mason Wisnoski, a Manvel senior, suited up and went out as a captain for the coin toss. On the first play of the game he took the handoff and ran thirty yards into the end zone for the first touchdown of his career. His teammates reached him before he had finished celebrating, and the offensive line picked him up and carried him off on their shoulders.
Every word, accounted for
AtA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
hisA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
lastGoes with home game. His final one in front of his own crowd, which is true and is not what he did.
homeGoes with game. Their own field, their own people.
gameThe occasion. Every one of these happens at a game.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
seniorWho. Not a freshman sent on for a moment, a boy in his last year of school.
bornHow long he has had it. The five says that he has it, not when it started.
withThe small word that matters most here. He has Down-Syndrome. It is not what he is.
Down-SyndromeOne word on the tile, on purpose, so the five has room to say with.
servedWhat he did at the coin toss. A ceremony before the clock starts.
asA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
captainHe really was one, and it is the best wrong word here. Leading the team out is not the thing that happened.
forA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
coinGoes with toss.
tossGoes with coin. Nothing has happened yet.
tookHow the ball got to him. The handoff, not the end zone.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
handoffWhat was put in his hands. The five has room for what he did with it.
onA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
openingGoes with play. The very first one of the night, which is its own small miracle.
playGoes with opening.
andA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
scoredWhat he did. Not was given, not was waved through. Scored.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
touchdownThe thing itself. Thirty yards, and the first of his life.