Chaney Division I stars put on local football camp

Graduates of Chaney High School and the University of Michigan College Football National Champions Jason Hewlett and DJ Waller were holding youth football camps on Saturday morning. 
 
The Wolverine Camp was held at Chaney High Schools and was the first to be held.  With so much focused on sports, often at the sacrifice of academic success, we sometimes neglect the well-being of these individuals. 
 
"We have always been here.  We work side by side with the young ones.  We are from here.  It is awesome how they always look at us, and we pretty much know one another, so it is just nice that we get someone from the city that they can look up to not only on the TV" said Hewlett. They know that we always are there for them and will always listen to them. ”
 
“It’s us that we just giving back to the community today. ” Waller said. ‘Most part of it was my dream since when I was a kid.  Seeing kids’ smiles and getting to be part of their lives today, is a perfect for me. ’I feel it just a privilege and a honor to do so. ”
 
The event was attended by campers of different ages who actively participated in teams and did skills challenges and drills. In the fin college trophies were presented and the most valuable player of the camp was declared. 
 
"My job is not to be admired but to work, compete and make friends," said camper De’Ariua Javey. 
 
“I want MVP, I don’t even know why, it’s just going to feel good if I get it,” added camper Damoni Carlock. 
 
Furthermore, other alumni athletes from Valley colleges who did well in the sport unexpectedly came to mentor and coach our young players. The present-day athlete and a product of Youngstown East defensive end Spires Blaine considers any kind of possibility as a favor given back to them. 
 
“It’s really funny because I still remember when I was in the back; I was soaking up knowledge from the older people, so now I’m super happy to see them. ”It really is unbelievable to be at this place right now even to be just one of the people in the same position and it feels great, amazing. ”
 
Eager second-grader Damoni Carlock from Youngstown Campshows how these athletes motivate him. 
 
“The reason I started playing football was my big brother Jason Hewlett, who made me want to play this game since I was five,” Carlock told us. 
 
According to Waller and Hewlett, camp in fact is meant simply to demonstrate that kids can accomplish everything they think they can dream about. 
 
“That’s why I am here, to be beside them, talk to them, encouraging them to believe that they also can perform well just as their fellow students. ” Mr.  Waller said. 
 
“Seriously, it’s all about them, you know,” Hewlett confessed.  “I can’t even take the credit for it. ”It’s especially important to me because when I needed support, people were there for me as well. ”
 
Waller will stay in university, at Kentucky, and accepted his transfer from Michigan for his next season. Hewlett will stay at Michigan as a sophomore linebacker.