Jordan Magee has plenty of memories of Troy Haynes from his childhood, but his favorites are of them being on the field competing against one another.

"He was a great kid; a great athlete," Magee said. "We had some good battles in high school."

Magee, who played at Dover High School in Delaware, and Haynes, a quarterback at Woodbridge High School, had known each other since middle school and connected over their shared competitive drives on the field. Magee and Dover suffered losses to Haynes' Raiders during his sophomore and junior seasons but got revenge as a senior by handing Haynes and Woodbridge one of only two losses that year.

Sadly, Haynes' promising career was cut short when he was diagnosed with Renal Medullary Carcinoma -- a rare form of kidney cancer that affects African Ame

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