PHOENIX — Tragedy hit Maryvale High School’s campus just two weeks into the school year when a 16-year-old student was fatally stabbed by a classmate on Tuesday morning. If you ask the students, they’ll tell you they’re well aware of the negative perception people might have about Maryvale but many of the school’s student-athletes are working to change that narrative.

Maryvale’s new co-head football coaches, Marcus and Mark Carter, have been a breath of fresh air for the Panthers’ football program after being hired at the beginning of the year.

“We do this to change lives,” Mark Carter said. “We hope that the things we’re asking them to do translate to real life. Being on time, being committed to something, being a leader… We could not win a game but the things that they’re experienci

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