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Even after the state meet is over, Morin is out practicing his event which he admits one has to be crazy to do. With a few meets left to go, Morin practices until late in the afternoon and into the evening, trying to perfect his skills as a…

At the state meet, Morin sets a school record even on his injured ankle, but he does not set a state record and he does not win the state title, but rather second place and a place in the heart of his girlfriend who brings over ice and gives him a…

While trying to practice for the state meet on his injured ankle, Morin reinjures it and grimaces in pain after attempting a height he has already attained many times before. As the state meet approaches, all he can think about is breaking the record…

With only two weeks to go to his third attempt at winning the state title, Morin hurt his ankle and works out behind the school in the late afternoon trying to bring his ankle back into shape for the state finals. He practices bending his pole and…

Morin asks his teammates to move the standards holding the crossbar a little further away from where the pole will land. Concentrating on his every move made Morin one of the most prolific winners in all of high school track and may be the difference…

Rick Morin won the state outdoor polevaulting title when he was a sophomore. He repeated when he was a junior and in his senior year hoped to do the same. Following Morin for the final month of his scholastic career, Morin set the state record for…

After being just one pitch away from losing the World Series and a lot of money for any serious betters, the amazing Mets of ‘86 came back and stole the sixth game of the World Series out from under the Boston Red Sox and Bill Buckner’s…

Stevie’s brother John and he are best of friends, says Stevie. They do everything together including going to McDonald’s, the neighborhood pool and school together. John was the one who ran into his parents room when the lamp fell into…

The reality of facing himself appears more and more each day, according to his mother. He’s comfortable with himself, but he wants other children to be comfortable and accepting too, and when they aren’t, he becomes inward and reserved,…

Stevie and his mother are unusually close, says his mom. Whenever Stevie goes through tough times at school or at the doctors, his mother is there to comfort and support him. Since the fire that engulfed his crib and disfigured him when he was eight…