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believe God gives us an amount that
we can handle in life.”
He gets routine tests to make
sure the cancer is gone and has no
intention to stop teaching, coaching
football or planning Victory Day.
“I’d have to be on my deathbed,” Segedi said. “It takes a lot to
knock me down.”
GOING NATIONWIDE
By 2010, Segedi’s cancer was in
remission and the first Victory
Day had taken place on the turf
of Trenton’s Farrar Stadium. As
the third annual Victory Day, set
for Sept. 15, approaches, Segedi
anticipates what’s to come for
his initiative.
“I want this to go nationwide,”
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he says. This year, Nike is even
sponsoring his event, providing
custom jerseys for the players.
The coach has also been speaking to schools across the country about Victory Day, the event
spreading to other schools in
Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. An initiative whose funds
go solely towards the event, any
surplus money is passed to another school struggling to form
its own Victory Day.
“I don’t want any money,” says
Segedi. “Our kids now look at it
like, we’re so blessed to be able to
play this game, to do the things we
do that these children would die to
do. I want the word to spread for
this to be something great.”
Nate Stemen contributed
to this story.
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Captains
from
Woodhaven,
Carlson and
Wyandotte
high schools
help out with
Victory Day in
2011.