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Deaf football players overcome odds

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    Hearing impaired high school athletes fulfill dreams in Illinois

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Number two seeds.

-- -- parent.

This is Whitney Young varsity and content that.

They're getting ready for what they hope to be how big things.

Number they've been seeing all day or a couple of weeks now it's time to make sure everyone knows the place.

Darius Glover is a linebacker this is his first year played football.

Darius his death an album feels it doesn't seem to matter.

It's wonderful all coming attract and with the hardest part for you.

-- -- offense but it's hard.

-- defense is easy.

You know I'm learning and improving a lot better and your -- -- -- it's hard to run as well you know I get tired.

Gary out -- as as a senior at Whitney Young players opted to -- and and his hearing is also impaired.

He's played football for years him while he loves the game not be able to hear the place can be challenging.

Confused me and I'm learning and improving but it's hard for me sometimes -- and -- -- -- -- -- Yes I've had to communicate sometimes their interpreter Katherine Schmidt works for Chicago Public Schools and is out on the field every day with her two students.

If the coaching this is going to them specifically at the -- and interpreted and run back out.

Can't do for the actual game now suggests that a certain practices Whitney young's big game is this Saturday against saint Ignatius -- at Soldier Field.

The interpreter because of rules is not allowed on the field.

So to help -- the players the hearing impaired wants she's gonna write their play on a wrist band.

-- is wearing it he just needs to -- who plays coach Jim Franken says these two are good players and he treats them like the rest of the team.

Me I think the one thing that they want to be treated normally and we make sure that.

We treat him as normal as the other players if there's such a thing in football the only thing they all want to know who started on Saturday -- -- -- Chicago --

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