In football, true winners never whine and that's certainly the case with 14-year-old Sebastian Sanchez.

"You take stuff for granted. If anybody has excuses out here it's him, and he is the one with none," said Dallas Farruggia, head coach for the Green Mountain Rams.

Sebastian is a gentle giant who plays for the Rams football team in Jefferson County. He is a straight-A student who just happens to be autistic.

"Aside from what a lot of people might think, he does everything we do, he runs every lap, does every pushup," said Farruggia.

"He's with a group of kids that care for him, appreciate him, and love him for who he is," said Sebastian's father, Jonathan Sanchez.

"He's a very kind and gentle person, outgoing," said Sebastian's teammate Armando Estrada.

"We kind of look out for him. We are like a band of brothers, you could say," said teammate Jimmy Gorman.

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Miles away, the Arvada Nighthawks are intently focused on defeating their next opponent. Howver, they have fond memories of playing against Sebastian.

Sept. 11 was when the Nighthawks and Rams faced off. The Nighthawks were winning by quite a lot when their coach had idea.

"He approached me at halftime and said we should get Sebastian in the end zone," Farruggia said.

"I talked to the referee at halftime and just told them we're going to give this boy a chance to score and they all thought that was great," said Nighthawks head coach Scott Jones.

Players on both teams were all for it. What happened next is something known throughout the league as simply "The Play."

"We called it the Super Sebastian Sneak," said Estrada. "That's the fastest I've ever seen him run."

"He went in, out and hit the gap," said Sebastian's father.

"He busts an 80-yard touchdown," said teammate Jimmy Gorman.

"I hadn't seen a smile on his face, a smile that big, in a long time," said Sebastian's father.

"Beyond Sebastian's excitement, it was really fun to watch his dad," said Jones.

"It made me feel really good to let him score," said Nighthawks player Austin Jones.

"To actually be a part of it is really special. And it made me really proud to be a Nighthawk," said Nighthawks player Pierce Horning.

Football coaches can teach kids how to block, and tackle but the reality is, "Twenty years from now, they're not going to remember how many games they won or how many they lost but what I think they will remember is that day," said Jones.

Sebastian's team didn't win that game but it hardly matters. He was still the star.

At the next practice for the winning Nighthawks, Jones said his players didn't want to discuss their success but they all had questions about autism and that boy on the other team who ran for an 80-yard touchdown.

The Nighthawks went on to win the Carnation Bowl, which means they are the champions in their age bracket.