Football Team Wears Jerseys in Support of WWP

Sports

By Chris Baunoch
Husky Herald Reporter

  On October 9th the Port Huron Northern football team wore special jerseys to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.  While the team didn’t get the win that night the jerseys did.

  The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a military and veterans charity service organization empowering injured and retired veterans and their families. The program was created following the events of September 11th, 2001.

  All of the proceeds that were raised from the jerseys were given as a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project. With the money the WWP helps to pay for veterans medical bills or therapy caused by injuries received in combat.

  The money could also be used to help the veterans get a higher education.  

  The WWP jerseys were designed in the PHN home blue with the numbers and names in camouflage.

  Each player was in charge of finding a sponsor who was a member of some branch of the military whether it was Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, or Air Force. Some of the players had their parent’s name on their jerseys while others had their uncles, grandparents, or friends of their families.

  Many of these jerseys had special meaning for the players wearing them. Mark Robbins (‘17) wore his jersey in honor of his uncle, TSGT Mark Robbins of the United States Navy and Johnny Wurmlinger (‘16) wore his in honor of his grandfather, SGT John Wurmlinger also of the United States Navy.  

  “It felt really good to represent somebody with a name on my jersey,” Robbins said. “Unfortunately I was unable to play due to injury, but it was still an honor.”

  “It was a tremendous honor to wear the jersey. That night I wasn’t only playing for the name on the front of my jersey, but also for the name on the back of it,” said Wurmlinger.

  The game was played against Marine City, unfortunately the Mariners came away with 41-13 win that night.

  While the outcome of the game didn’t go in favor of the Huskies, the game had special meaning for the players and many of the fans in the stands.