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...rough transition for the whole family. Sanjin’s sister had to learn English, take courses as a junior at Union-Endicott High School, and try to break into the social cliques that had already fully formed among her peers. Sanjin’s father Ibrahim was forced to take work below that of what he was accustomed; an engineer in Bosnia, his education wasn’t deemed sufficient for an engineering job in the States. Sanjin’s mother stayed at home...
...never committed to anything but family,” says Union-Endicott head coach Shane Hurd, who also coached Tunovic in middle school. “It gave him a sense of belonging that I don’t know if he had since he left Bosnia...
...began starting on the offensive line for Hurd’s varsity at Union-Endicott High School as a freshman, something Hurd says “just doesn’t happen here...
Kacyvenski’s story is little short of legendary in the Endicott area. He, too, came from an immigrant background—of Polish ancestry—and had lived a difficult life before he was plucked out of U-E by Murphy and brought in to anchor the Crimson defense...
...instead of leaving it all behind, ditching the community that he could have easily associated with an at times painful childhood, Kacyvenski became a role model like none other in Endicott...