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Old 06-18-2009, 02:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Lsu St. Paul's DE Houston Bates achieves lifelong dream to play for LSU Tigers
Hey guys, this is an article I wrote on a guy I went to high school with. He's been through a lot and he's a warrior and a great kid. He committed to LSU yesterday and I had a chance to catch up with him. I wish him the best of luck with the Tigers, Geaux Tigers!

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St. Paul's DE achieves lifelong dream to play for LSU Tigers

Growing up as a kid, Houston Bates loved the game of football. He has fond memories of going to Tiger Stadium with his parents as a youngster and watching the LSU Tigers play under the lights.

"I first became a fan when I was young because my parents always took me to games growing up in Baton Rouge," Houston said.

He attended all the festivities that take place before the games in Baton Rouge and learned to toss around the football with his father Stuart at a very young age.

Like so many young Louisiana children, Houston went to sleep at night dreaming of one day playing football for the LSU Tigers.

With purple and gold running through his veins, Houston promised himself and his father that one day he would play football at LSU.

On Wednesday, that dream became a reality, as he committed to play his college football for head coach Les Miles and the LSU Tigers.

But the road to achieving his lifelong dream was far from an easy one.
Houston lost his father as a young teenager, when Stuart lost his battle with leukemia. Just entering his adolescence, Houston was crushed. At times, he couldn't sleep at night and he would think back to the days in his childhood when he would throw the football with his dad before the LSU games in Baton Rouge.

As Houston struggled to get through this difficult period in his life, he turned to football to ease the pain.

continue reading Houston's story here...
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Great article shanksta13! I had heard of Bates, but did not know anything about his background in life, just his football bio. Wow! What a great story. I hope his has great success for the Tigers in his four or five years at LSU.....maybe a couple of national championships during that time would top off his dream! Nice piece of writing...and thanks for sharing Bates story with us.
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