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Four Football Standouts Picked for Taliaferro Game
Black Horse Pike Regional School District players Kyle Sipple, Calvin Lowe, Seth Tinsley and Dan Bekier will play for the White team in the annual all-star game.
Rosters have been announced for the annual Adam Taliaferro Foundation/South Jersey Football Coaches Association Blue-White All-Star Classic and four Black Horse Pike Regional School District players will have the honor of participating in the prestigious game.
Selected as members of the White team are Highland defensive lineman Kyle Sipple, Timber Creek quarterback Calvin Lowe and Triton’s Seth Tinsley (offensive line) and Dan Bekier (defensive end). The foursome will be surrounded by some of the top players in the West Jersey Football League
The game is slated for Thursday, June 28, at Rowan University. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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A former standout two-way back at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, Taliaferro was paralyzed while making a tackle for Penn State in a game at Ohio State in 2000.
After spinal-fusion surgery, three different doctors told Taliaferro’s parents their son would probably never walk again. Three months later, the miracle was completed when Taliaferro walked out of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia.
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Elected in 2011 as a Gloucester County freeholder, Taliaferro continues to thrive today as a practicing attorney and motivational speaker.
All proceeds from the game go to the Adam Taliaferro Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to not only provide financial but emotional support for victims of spinal cord injuries and education to treat and prevent future injuries.
