WE’LL GO THROUGH THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. HEATHER. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. A MODESTO TEEN FOOTBALL PLAYER IS BREAKING BARRIERS AT SEVEN YEARS OLD. JASON BRACEY LOST HIS VISION THAT DID NOT STOP HIM FROM BECOMING A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER. KCRA 3’S CATALINA ESTRADA HAS HIS STORY. ESPARTA 18 YEAR OLD JASON BRACEY IS UNSTOPPABLE ON THE FIELD. IT’S A LOT. I MEAN, FOOTBALL IS. FOOTBALL IS LIKE WHAT I BREATHE IN AND BREATHE OUT FROM STARTING QUARTERBACK TO NOSE GUARD. HIS GAME PLAN IS ALWAYS TO DEFY THE ODDS. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I GET KNOCKED DOWN TO THE GROUND, I’M GOING TO GET BACK UP AND FIGHT. FIGHTING IS PART OF HIS DNA. AT ONE YEAR OLD, JASON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RETINAL CANCER. HE HAD TUMORS IN THE RETINAS OF BOTH OF HIS EYES. BY THE TIME HE TURNED SEVEN, HE WAS BLIND. WALK UP, WALK UP RIGHT THERE. STILL, THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM PURSUING HIS DREAM TO PLAY FOOTBALL. NUMBER 15. HE WANTED TO PLAY. HE WAS HIS OWN ADVOCATE. ONCE HE BECAME OLD ENOUGH AND STARTED CALLING AROUND TO SOME OF THE LOCAL YOUTH TEAMS, THE MODESTO RAIDERS WAS THE ONLY TEAM THAT GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY DOING WHAT HE LOVES TAKES PRACTICE ON AND OFF THE FIELD, BRACEY MEMORIZES EVERY PLAY AND WHERE THE PLAYERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. I CAN’T SEE THE PLAYERS SO REPS IS. I HAVE A CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF REPS AND LEARN EVERY TIME I TAKE A REP TO, HEY, OKAY, SO THIS PLAY, MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS, DO THIS. MORE ON THIS PLAY. MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. MORE FROM THE SIDELINES. HIS FATHER GUIDES HIM THROUGH A HEARING DEVICE IN HIS HELMET. GO PASS PASS PASS. LEFT LEFT LEFT. BASICALLY WHAT I TRY TO DO IS PAINT A MENTAL PICTURE FOR HIM OF WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SEEING OUT ON THE FIELD. HE’S PROVEN TO BE AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM. THE EAGLES AND MODESTO. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO AND I MEAN THAT FOR ME FOR A LOT OF THINGS. AND SO BASICALLY, BASICALLY, IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL YOU SAY IT’S OVER. AS HIS TIME AS AN EAGLE COMES TO AN END, THIS SEASON, HE SAYS HIS FUTURE IN FOOTBALL IS JUST BEGINNING. GO TO COLLEGE AND TAKE MY, YOU KNOW, SKILLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. IMPROVE AND GO TO THE NFL FROM THERE. BE OUT THERE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. BROTHER. LOVE YOU MAN. IN TURLOCK CAROLINA ESTRADA KCRA THREE NEWS AND JASON BRACEY WILL BE GRADUATIN
‘I am unable to see the gamers’: Blind highschool soccer participant breaks obstacles
Jasen Bracy’s sport plan is at all times to defy the percentages. The 18-year-old highschool soccer participant is totally blind, however that doesn’t cease him from going out to the soccer discipline to do what he loves. “Soccer is like what I breathe in, breathe out,” stated Bracy. At a younger age, Bracy was recognized with retinal most cancers. His father, Jasen Bracy Sr., stated he had tumors within the retinas of each eyes and by the point he turned 7 years previous, he was blind. “Now, he is simply in full darkness,” stated Bracy Sr. On the age of 13, Bracy Jr. knew he needed to develop into a soccer participant, so he took issues into his personal arms. “As soon as he turned sufficiently old and began calling round to among the native youth groups, the Modesto Raiders was the one crew that gave him a chance,” stated Bracy Sr.Doing what he loves takes apply on and off the sphere. Bracy Jr. memorizes each play and the place the gamers are speculated to be. “Reps is an enormous factor for soccer and for me, particularly reps as a result of I am unable to see the gamers,” stated Bracy Jr. From the sidelines, his father guides him by a listening to machine in his helmet. “Principally, what I attempt to do is paint a psychological image for him of what everyone else is seeing out on the sphere,” stated Bracy Sr.Bracy Jr. has been a beginning quarterback and is now a nostril guard along with his highschool soccer crew, the Enochs Eagles, in Modesto, California.”You are able to do no matter you place your thoughts to,” stated Bracy Jr.Friday night time was his final sport with the Enoch Eagles earlier than he graduates subsequent yr, however he stated his soccer profession is simply starting. “Go to school and take my, you understand, abilities to the subsequent degree, enhance and go to NFL from there,” stated Bracy Jr.
Jasen Bracy’s sport plan is at all times to defy the percentages.
The 18-year-old highschool soccer participant is totally blind, however that doesn’t cease him from going out to the soccer discipline to do what he loves.
“Soccer is like what I breathe in, breathe out,” stated Bracy.
At a younger age, Bracy was recognized with retinal most cancers.
His father, Jasen Bracy Sr., stated he had tumors within the retinas of each eyes and by the point he turned 7 years previous, he was blind.
“Now, he is simply in full darkness,” stated Bracy Sr.
On the age of 13, Bracy Jr. knew he needed to develop into a soccer participant, so he took issues into his personal arms.
“As soon as he turned sufficiently old and began calling round to among the native youth groups, the Modesto Raiders was the one crew that gave him a chance,” stated Bracy Sr.
Doing what he loves takes apply on and off the sphere. Bracy Jr. memorizes each play and the place the gamers are speculated to be.
“Reps is an enormous factor for soccer and for me, particularly reps as a result of I am unable to see the gamers,” stated Bracy Jr.
From the sidelines, his father guides him by a listening to machine in his helmet.
“Principally, what I attempt to do is paint a psychological image for him of what everyone else is seeing out on the sphere,” stated Bracy Sr.
Bracy Jr. has been a beginning quarterback and is now a nostril guard along with his highschool soccer crew, the Enochs Eagles, in Modesto, California.
“You are able to do no matter you place your thoughts to,” stated Bracy Jr.
Friday night time was his final sport with the Enoch Eagles earlier than he graduates subsequent yr, however he stated his soccer profession is simply starting.
“Go to school and take my, you understand, abilities to the subsequent degree, enhance and go to NFL from there,” stated Bracy Jr.
