‘Work hard, play hard': Matt Allen's fight with cancer brings McGuinness softball team together

 
BY JENNI CARLSON
Published: September 24, 2011

If not for the scar arching from Matt Allen 's right ear to the top of his head, you'd never know.

He fixes catcher's masks for the girls on his daughter's softball team and fills water bottles for the boys on his son's football squad. He sells pharmaceuticals for the sick. He finds coaches for the teams and hires referees for the games in the Catholic youth basketball league. He serves the body of Christ for the ...


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