Boy with Down syndrome scores touchdown in Washington State high school game

A 17-year-old with Down syndrome scored a touchdown on Friday, Sept. 24, for his Snohomish Wa. high school team. Ike  Ditzberger scored the TD with 10 seconds remaining in the game, which his team was losing 36-0. He scored on a 51-yard run, romping through a momentarily distracted opposing backfield. The milestone came against a Lake Stevens team which, it must be said, offered only a somewhat unconvincing defense against Ditzberger's breakout run.

"He's someone that everybody can kind of enjoy because he has such a great personality and character," Snohomish senior captain Keith Wigney told the Everett Herald in a feature on Ditzenberger.