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Bet on Number 5: Kriztopher Alvarez's Fight Back to the Field
In December, a Stage IV medulloblastoma diagnosis threatened Columbia Roughnecks star Kriztopher Alvarez's football career – and life. This is what happened next.
COLLEGE STATION — With all due respect to the hundreds of athletes who competed on Day 1 of the Texas 7-on-7 STATE Tournament, the most impressive performance of the day came from a kid who didn’t play a down.
Now, you should know, if there was any way humanly possible that Kriztopher Alvarez could’ve suited up, he would’ve. But convincing his parents to even let him attend this event was a miracle in itself. Standing on the sidelines for two days, cheering on his Columbia teammates under the 100-degree sun, didn’t make sense to them. Not when Kriztopher has his final round of chemotherapy on June 30.
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