Photo via UAB Athletics 

The University of Alabama Birmingham football team will have the names of young patients from nearby Children's Harbor, located at the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children, on their jerseys for Saturday's homecoming game versus Louisiana Tech. The jerseys will be presented to the kids and their families after the game.

Children's Harbor serves seriously ill children and their families through no-cost services and a camp at Lake Martin in Alexander City, Alabama. 

"Children's Harbor has absolutely become a part of the Blazer family," UAB coach Bill Clark said. "I intend for this relationship to grow with our program. As we build, there will be even more we can do to provide encouragement and a positive distraction to support the terrific work Children's Harbor does."

In case you haven't heard...the players of the UAB Football team are #ChampionsForOurChildren! Read about it here: https://t.co/5CQjwLkLG2 pic.twitter.com/UF5BpV5cSp

— Children's Harbor (@ChildrensHarbor) September 25, 2017

UAB football adopted Children's Harbor as one of their community charities last year, and the Blazers make regular trips there to encourage patients. 

Longtime women's semipro player now high school assistant

Photo via Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger

After years on the sideline as a member of the chain gang at Hull High School in Massachusetts, Jen Olivieri joined the Pirates' coaching staff this season.

John R. Johnson of The Patriot Ledger says Olivieri, a 44-year-old mother of three who played semipro ball for 17 years, instructs the varsity wide receivers and defensive backs, and coaches the junior varsity team. She also gets to coach two of her sons, senior Christian and freshman Ben.

“She’s been coaching me in basketball and football for many years, so this is really nothing different,” Christian said. “It’s great because my brother is on the team, too. She played linebacker and cornerback as a professional athlete, so she brings great knowledge to our defense.”

A longtime youth coach in multiple sports, Olivieri feels right at home.

“I think it might be completely different if I was somewhere else,” she said. “I might not be accepted so well by the student-athletes, but it helps that I’ve already coached most of them in basketball or football. They’re familiar with me and they respect me because they know that I’ve played the game for a long time.”

Youth team recognizes WWII vet

At a time of pro athlete protests of social injustice during the National Anthem, WILX reports a Pembroke, Massachusetts, youth football team walked off the field to shake hands with a World War II veteran who's the grandfather of one of its players. 

Photo via WILX

The gesture drew loud applause from the rest of those in attendance.

No play is over until it's over

Andrew Ihle, a senior dual-threat quarterback at Middle Creek High School in Apex, North Carolina, scored the game-deciding touchdown in last week's 28-20 victory over Wakefield on one of the top sneaks you'll see this season:

 

Coaches always say a play isn't done until an official blows the whistle. Ihle seemingly took that lesson to heart.

The show must go on

Give Cal punter Dylan Klumph an "A" for effort during halftime of the Bears' game against USC. According to College Marching.com, when Klumph found himself in the middle of the Cal marching band prior to the start of the second half, he used his football like a trumpet and went through the rest of the drill:

The punter of the @CalFootball team found himself trapped in the @CalBand halftime show on Sat so he decided to march w the band 😂😍🏈 pic.twitter.com/Tugz4o7fZY

— CollegeMarching.com (@CollegeMarching) September 27, 2017