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Noah Herring, a 6th grader at Eustace Middle School and two-way player for the Eustace All Sports Association (EASA) Little League Football team, received the Black Lion award Saturday before a basketball game in Eustace.
The Black Lion Award is presented annually to youth, middle and high school student-athletes across the nation who personify team play in memory of Army Major Don Holleder, a West Point All American football player who gave his life while trying to save his men of the 28th Infantry Regiment “Black Lions” in combat during the Viet Nam War on Oct. 17, 1967. Major Holleder and 57 other Black Lions were killed in action that day. Two are still missing.
Holleder was a stand-out athlete at West Point, leading the Army team as its quarterback during the 1955 football season.
The Black Lion is not an individual award in the same sense as a most valuable player award. It is intended to go to a player who best exemplifies the character of Don Holleder-leadership, courage, devotion to duty, selfless sacrifice, and above all an unselfish concern for the team ahead of himself.
Herring is also a stand-out baseball and basketball player. He was instrumental in his team’s success and its 2012 Little League Tri-County Football Super Bowl victory. The award was presented by District Attorney Scott McKee, a Major in the Army Reserves and assistant coach in the EASA organization.
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