Throughout his 19 years, football has been a constant for Hamilton student Elijah Sinclair.
“I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t throwing around a football out front with my friends or something,” he said.
Sinclair is now the first student in his east end high school, Bernie Custis Secondary School, to be recruited to a post-secondary football team and get a scholarship.
It’s an accomplishment he reached despite the fact his school doesn’t have a football field, he notes.
Sinclair starts playing with the University of Toronto’s team in August. Getting to this point didn’t come easy — he said he’s had to work twice as hard as kids in other schools to get
