Nike Football releases vignette on Titans

Published 8:02 pm Thursday, November 30, 2017

Memorial’s return to football from Tropical Storm Harvey was highlighted in a 2-minute online vignette Nike Football has released.

The video includes footage of the damage to property Harvey inflicted on Port Arthur and the players in their cleanup process, Memorial’s practices, its homecoming parade and Oct. 20 game against Livingston. Many players, as well as Memorial athletic trainer Lakisha Dorsey, were interviewed.

Memorial coach Kenny Harrison said he didn’t know whether the vignette would be released as a television commercial, adding Dorsey contacted Nike about doing the video.

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A link to the video is available here.

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