PERRY COUNTY, Pa. — A wrestler that stares down every challenge he faces on and off the mat is West Perry High School senior Deven Jackson. He's among one of the best wrestling at 113 in the state.
If you ask me what type of stories I want to write, I’d ask you to mix something in the sports field, something in the medical field and throw in a dash of an athlete facing adversity. That story in ...
Not much has gone to plan since the last time West Perry’s Deven Jackson wrestled under the Giant Center lights. Two years ago, the bacterial meningitis survivor and double amputee was a fan favorite ...
Two years ago, Wyoming Area’s Jaden Pepe wrestled West Perry’s Deven Jackson in the 106-pound bronze medal match at the PIAA Wrestling Championships and walked off the mat with a 7-4 win and a world ...
HERSHEY – Bacterial meningitis took his leg but it couldn’t take his spirit. Deven Jackson has been handed a crate full of lemons in his young life and he is busy turning them into heaping glasses of ...
First-place men’s tournament winners, pictured, from left, are: Jason Anderson, Benny Osman, Devan Jackson and Wade Crabtree. Submitted photo MAYVILLE — The winners of the second annual “A Voice Fore ...