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October 30, 2013 | Men's Soccer
Princeton Tigers Adopt Hardyston Boy
The Advertiser News
October 29, 2013
WANTAGE — The Princeton University men's soccer team made Sunday a memorable day for Derek Watson of Hardyston.
Watson is a 9-year-old boy with a brain tumor, who plays center midfield position for the High Point Lightning U10 boys' travel soccer team. In Watson's first year on the team, the Lightning is undefeated.
As the game against the Hanover Blue Dragons started, Princeton University's soccer team — the Tigers — arrived to cheer.
Derek's father, Robert Watson, said Derek told him after the game it was the best day of his life. His siblings, Devin, 11, and Kyla, 6, were also at the game cheering him on.
"It feels good when the team came out to support me," Derek said.
According to Robert Watson, the event was a surprise.
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