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How Casen Carney went from failed water boy to state championship QB

Dec 17, 2024, 10:42 PM

Muenster Hornets quarterback Casen Carney led his father Brady's team to the Class 2A Division II State Championship with 4,436 total yards and 62 touchdowns.

How Casen Carney went from failed water boy to state championship QB

Casen Carney was in fourth grade in 2017, the last time Muenster made the state championship, and the moment was far too big for him. 

Muenster head coach Brady Carney tasked his children with passing out water that day. His daughter, Ady, played to win, sprinting onto the field at every timeout to give the referees water. That way, they thought twice about making a ticky-tack call against her dad’s team. But Casen was MIA when the team needed him. The stage was too grand, and the AT&T Stadium lights were too bright for him and his buddies not to play their own football game on the sidelines, pretending all those people were there for them.

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