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In the Crease: Together, continued change is possible
Long before Benjamin Musese, Abdi Shariff, Noralddin Othman, Austin Wing and the rest of the Lewiston team cradled the gold ball after their 1-0 win over Scarborough in the Class A state final on Saturday, long before last year's heartbreak in the state final against Cheverus, this group of players was overcoming a different kind of adversity.
Some escaped war-torn regions of the world. Most endured significant travel through many of their formative years, trying to escape turmoil wherever it was they called home at the time: Turkey. Congo. Kenya. Somalia. Germany. The United States.
Each in time found his way to Lewiston with his family. But even arriving in this small Maine city wasn't without its rough patches. Many families were disturbed when, in 2002, the sitting mayor wrote an open letter to the Somali community, trying to discourage further immigration. In 2006, a frozen pig's head was rolled into a local mosque. Lewiston's current mayor appeared on a BBC broadcast in 2012 and stated that immigrants in Lewiston should "leave their culture at the door."
Just this week, after the Blue Devils won the Class A North title for the second consecutive year, among the first comments on social media was the question, "Are there any native Mainers on the team?"
http://m.sunjournal.com/news/local-sports/2015/11/08/crease-together-continued-change-possible/1815954
Some escaped war-torn regions of the world. Most endured significant travel through many of their formative years, trying to escape turmoil wherever it was they called home at the time: Turkey. Congo. Kenya. Somalia. Germany. The United States.
Each in time found his way to Lewiston with his family. But even arriving in this small Maine city wasn't without its rough patches. Many families were disturbed when, in 2002, the sitting mayor wrote an open letter to the Somali community, trying to discourage further immigration. In 2006, a frozen pig's head was rolled into a local mosque. Lewiston's current mayor appeared on a BBC broadcast in 2012 and stated that immigrants in Lewiston should "leave their culture at the door."
Just this week, after the Blue Devils won the Class A North title for the second consecutive year, among the first comments on social media was the question, "Are there any native Mainers on the team?"
http://m.sunjournal.com/news/local-sports/2015/11/08/crease-together-continued-change-possible/1815954
