PiPress: Leidner, Gopher teammates rally around Eastview child battling brain tumor

[BleedGopher]

per PiPress:

Gophers quarterback Mitch Leidner was on the other end of the line, wanting to know how he could see Sheridan.

Leidner met Sheridan at a South Suburban Conference leadership conference a couple years ago, where the two struck up a conversation.

“Next thing you know, they’re playing catch on the stage,” Percival said.

Leidner found out about Sheridan’s situation when his brother, Gophers lineman Matt Leidner, saw the news on Twitter. Sheridan is a Gophers fan who attends games and practices, and Mitch Leidner said players have gotten to know him at the team’s Hope Days.

“Once we found out what was going on, guys wanted to go see him in a heartbeat,” Leidner said. “We knew how much he cared about the guys on the team and the program and just how big of a fan he is. So we thought it’d be fun to go see him.”

Two vanloads of Gophers football players visited Sheridan that day, as did Joey King from the basketball team, and Leidner said Sheridan lit up.

“He loves having us around and loves showing off his arm strength,” Leidner said.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherMike]

We need to hear more about this side of Gopher Athletics. We can talk all day long about winning on the field and bowl games, but this is winning at life. The rest of it is so trivial after reading stories like this.

 

[mggoph]

We need to hear more about this side of Gopher Athletics. We can talk all day long about winning on the field and bowl games, but this is winning at life. The rest of it is so trivial after reading stories like this.

Kudos! Great story!