The incisions across Fred Fernandes’ chest were still fresh.

So he tried to stay calm as he sat in the cab of his friend’s pickup truck that Friday night in 2018, a week and a half after undergoing six-way heart bypass surgery.

He watched from the parking lot, just like his doctor instructed, as his Roy High football team opened the season with a 28-14 win at Syracuse. Then Fernandes saw his sophomore quarterback, Jaxson Dart , running toward the truck.

Dart’s freshman season had ended in misery — a non-contact elbow fracture during a blowout first-round playoff loss. But even after surgery, even while not having Fernandes calling plays, Dart led his team to an emotional Week 1 win.

And now, after the game, he didn’t run alone. Dart brought all of his teammates — in full sprint — to

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