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Bryce Biros is Gunter's most reliable leader — and he's never played a down

Sep 05, 2024, 2:41 PM

Bryce Biros was diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative disease at 8 years old. He's a cornerstone of the Gunter Tigers' senior class despite never playing a down.

Bryce Biros is Gunter's most reliable leader — and he's never played a down

One of the best parts of Jeff and Mandy Biros’s week is ‘Senior Sunday,’ when all the Gunter High School parents post throwback pictures of the Class of 2025. In half of their photos, their son, Bryce, is running around with his childhood best friend, Garrin Goetz. Mandy and Goetz’s mother went to school together, and Jeff jokes their two sons were a pair of rugrats.

Now Goetz is almost bigger than Jeff when he plops down next to the Biros family. He and Bryce are seniors on Gunter’s back-to-back state championship football team. All those baseball games, sleepovers and memories from the freshman football team together have culminated in one final season for the boys. 

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