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SERRA: FATHER, SON CHERRISH MOMENT

Long after the final whistle, Patrick Walsh stood outside the Serra locker room blinking back tears. Not because the Padres’ season had ended, but because of who he got to share it with.

Moments earlier, his son, junior receiver Charlie Walsh – no longer the barefoot kid in a Chewbacca suit running down the Serra sidelines – had walked off the field in tears after Serra’s heartbreaking 31-24 loss to St. Mary’s-Stockton in the NorCal Division 2-AA title game on Friday night.

In the quiet of the locker room, father embraced his son,

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