WALDOBORO, Maine (WABI) – Two soccer groups got here along with an act of kindness throughout an everyday season soccer sport.

One Medomak Valley household says they’ll always remember the influence the Hermon Hawks soccer group made on their son Landon.

“I saw a kid there, and I was fist pumping people. So, I decided to go over to him,” stated Bruce Coulter, Hermon sophomore

What began out as a small gesture at a Friday night time soccer sport helped unify the bond between Hermon and Medomak Valley High Schools.

That fist bump created a sequence response from the Hermon Hawks soccer group that made it additional particular for one Medomak Valley household.

During the sport, Defensive Coordinator Jason Stewart’s spouse witnessed a number of Hermon soccer gamers fist bump their son, Landon, whereas he was on the bench.

“Kids today don’t usually do that, and it meant a lot to us because, I mean, our kids that are around him, and they learned so much from Landon, and they just accept him, and they take him in as part of the team. And they’re just, I mean, they’re obviously better kids for being around him, you know, and to see another program do the same thing was was pretty special to me and my wife,” stated Stewart.

“He was surprised a little bit because I heard that he usually like runs away, but he actually gave everyone fist bumps, even gave my friend Calvin a hug,” stated Coulter.

Landon is the group supervisor for Medomak Valley. He can be non verbal and tends to get nervous when folks come as much as him. But this time, to his dad and mom shock, Landon additionally interacted with the group.

“To be able to actually fist bump kids that he doesn’t know is is a big deal, so that was, you know, like I told Kyle, so that’s obviously much bigger than the game,” stated Stewart.

“It’s beyond hitting, its beyond winning, it’s beyond all those things, and I think it’s just a bond of two programs that get it,” stated Hermon Head Coach Kyle Gallant.

Gallant desires his group to be leaders on and off the sector. He hopes the bond between these two groups conjures up different soccer packages and athletes to embrace the teachings that transcend the sector.

“We’re using an avenue in the game of football to teach young men and women how to be productive adults. People are never going to remember a 32 to 30 loss 10 years before, but they’ll remember your character,” stated Gallant.

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