Coeur d'Alene high school head football coach Shawn Amos and his son #12 quarterback Gunnar Amos watch the defense in the second quarter of the game against Skyline at Coeur d'Alene high school Sept. 13. Shawn Amos is now battling cancer, while his son suffered a broken suffered a broken leg in the opening round of the Idaho High School football playoffs last week in Coeur d'Alene. (Photo: Kathy Plonka)

If life were a football game, you’d want to throw a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. Consider what the Amos family of Coeur d’Alene is enduring. It’s akin to piling on. Last month, Coeur d’Alene head football coach Shawn Amos was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The good news is he’s got the most treatable type of cancer. Then in the crosstown showdown with Lake City, his son, senior quarterback Gunnar Amos, was knocked silly, suffering a concussion. He returned for the State 5A playoff opener where he suffered a broken ankle late in the first half and will miss the rest of the season. After the game, Shawn Amos’ first words to a pair of sportswriters were both revealing, chilling and gut-wrenching/Greg Lee, SR. More here.

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