Chesterton senior wide receiver Louis Raffin, who is a part of a large, prominent family, knows what’s possible even in difficult circumstances.

Raffin missed the first eight games of last season with a broken collarbone. After he played in the regular-season finale, his grandfather Richard Raffin died a day before the Trojans played Michigan City in the Class 5A sectional semifinals. The funeral was the same day of the sectional championship game against Valparaiso.

Overcoming the odds, or perhaps turning them in his favor, Louis Raffin had four catches for a career-best 105 yards and a touchdown against Michigan City and had four catches for 81 yards and a TD against Valparaiso.

“There was a lot going on with those three games,” he recalled. “My grandpa, my nonno, had just passed away

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