jason
07-30-2005, 08:50 PM
from the Dallas Morning News website:
By DAMON L. SAYLES / The Dallas Morning News
Highly touted Florida prep running back Noel Devine is now a Prosper High School student.
Prosper football coach and athletic director John Pease said Devine, an incoming junior who attended North Fort Myers (Fla.) High School, enrolled at Prosper on Friday. Devine (5-8, 170) received national attention after former Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders expressed his desire to adopt him and move him to Prosper, which is north of Frisco.
"He's enrolled. He came in today and tried on equipment," Pease said. "He was all smiles."
Devine enrolled at Prosper the same day a report in a Florida newspaper said he was having second thoughts about moving, according to friends. Devine had been living with the family of Robert Harlow Sr., whose son, Robert Jr., played football with Devine.
Devine's legal guardian is his grandmother, Lee Bertha Thomas, and Pease said Thomas gave Sanders custody. Both of Devine's parents are deceased.
Devine could not be reached for comment.
Sanders flew into Florida to pick up Devine, but Lee County officials were called Thursday night to investigate a claim that Devine did not want to leave with Sanders. Deputies checked on Devine's safety, which upset Sanders.
"We were sitting around his grandmother's house having dinner, and the police called," Sanders told The News-Press of southwest Florida. "The grandmother is his legal guardian. How can you kidnap someone from their legal guardian?"
"[Sanders] didn't kidnap the kid. And they wouldn't have let him go if he was wrong," Pease added. "Deion's not going to do anything to jeopardize this."
At North Fort Myers, Devine rushed for 2,700 yards and scored more than 30 touchdowns in his first two varsity seasons.
The News-Press reported Friday that a hearing regarding Devine's guardianship status would take place at 9 a.m. Monday at the Lee County Courthouse in Fort Myers. The hearing will discuss Sanders becoming Devine's legal guardian. Harlow Sr., however, also wants custody, according to the report in The News-Press.
Pease said Devine's first practice at Prosper is expected to be Aug. 8.
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i know this has come up, but with speculation...it is official now...
By DAMON L. SAYLES / The Dallas Morning News
Highly touted Florida prep running back Noel Devine is now a Prosper High School student.
Prosper football coach and athletic director John Pease said Devine, an incoming junior who attended North Fort Myers (Fla.) High School, enrolled at Prosper on Friday. Devine (5-8, 170) received national attention after former Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders expressed his desire to adopt him and move him to Prosper, which is north of Frisco.
"He's enrolled. He came in today and tried on equipment," Pease said. "He was all smiles."
Devine enrolled at Prosper the same day a report in a Florida newspaper said he was having second thoughts about moving, according to friends. Devine had been living with the family of Robert Harlow Sr., whose son, Robert Jr., played football with Devine.
Devine's legal guardian is his grandmother, Lee Bertha Thomas, and Pease said Thomas gave Sanders custody. Both of Devine's parents are deceased.
Devine could not be reached for comment.
Sanders flew into Florida to pick up Devine, but Lee County officials were called Thursday night to investigate a claim that Devine did not want to leave with Sanders. Deputies checked on Devine's safety, which upset Sanders.
"We were sitting around his grandmother's house having dinner, and the police called," Sanders told The News-Press of southwest Florida. "The grandmother is his legal guardian. How can you kidnap someone from their legal guardian?"
"[Sanders] didn't kidnap the kid. And they wouldn't have let him go if he was wrong," Pease added. "Deion's not going to do anything to jeopardize this."
At North Fort Myers, Devine rushed for 2,700 yards and scored more than 30 touchdowns in his first two varsity seasons.
The News-Press reported Friday that a hearing regarding Devine's guardianship status would take place at 9 a.m. Monday at the Lee County Courthouse in Fort Myers. The hearing will discuss Sanders becoming Devine's legal guardian. Harlow Sr., however, also wants custody, according to the report in The News-Press.
Pease said Devine's first practice at Prosper is expected to be Aug. 8.
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i know this has come up, but with speculation...it is official now...