GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks Central High School senior is working to inspire younger students by introducing them to youth sports.

Riley Anderson has been working with his school’s athletic director and the Grand Forks Youth Football Board to bring football, soccer, lacrosse and baseball to elementary school students.

Anderson said there are multiple benefits to getting into sports at a young age, including meeting friends with similar interests and staying physically active.

“They get to engage in like community, they get to talk, they get to meet new kids in general, and that’s how you make friends at that early age,” Anderson said. “Yes, you’ll have kids that make friends at school, but it’s more fun getting those kids engaged to an actual sport-like facility, because people love spo

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