MARIETTA, Ga. - Pope High School marked the 20th anniversary of its annual football fundraiser Friday night by officially naming its stadium field after a former player who inspired the effort.

Pope High School's new football field

What we know:

The school announced the field will now be called Matt Hobby Field, honoring the teenager who died of cancer in 2006, just months after graduating.

Matt wore number 70 for the Greyhounds before he was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare cancer, in 2003. As he battled the disease, he and his family learned how little funding the cancer received compared to others. His friends and teammates rallied around him, sparking what would become a national movement.

During a home football game that year, Pope partnered with the newly formed Rally Foun

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