The Saddle Up for Sickle Cell Foundation is holding its annual Ride with a Purpose event on Friday and Saturday, April 18-19.

John Willis is a living legend at Norwell High. His first state title, though, does not define his impact on the community.

Lawson was a three-sport varsity athlete in basketball, soccer and track & field at Norwell. “Sports was Andrew’s life,” Andrew’s mother, Regina Lawson, told The Enterprise in 2020.

In March 2023, Regina city council voted to go ahead with construction of a new geothermal-heated indoor aquatic centre to replace the aging Lawson facility, which was built in 1975. In a news ...

"To take Andrew onto a varsity team, that is something nobody with Down syndrome ever gets to do,” said Andrew’s mother Regina Lawson. “(Willis) became not just coach, he became our friend.