

But the next play was Orr, with the rest of the team blocking, running the ball across the goal line to score a touchdown.


The fans, not understanding that a larger plan was in motion, weren't thrilled. Orr's teammate, Sheridan Hedrick, was running the ball toward the end zone for a touchdown but slid to take a knee at the 1-yard line.

Specifically it was Orr's teammates - not the coaches - who developed and executed this idea. At Olivet Middle School in Michigan, the football team worked up a plan to give Keith Orr a chance to score his first touchdown. But they always hit home, and a recent story from Michigan has an extra twist that elevates it another level. Stories about sports teams devising a way to give a special-needs kid a memorable moment in the sun aren't necessarily original anymore.
