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Parkview senior back on field after battling cancer

He had a tumor the size of a tennis ball.

At 5-foot-7, 160 pounds, Parkview’s Pete Gonzales might be the smallest nose guard in the Ozark Conference, or maybe even in Missouri. Gonzales is also arguably among the toughest. Battling his way into Parkview’s starting lineup was easy compared to a fight with cancer.

Gonzales played freshman football at Parkview and then moved to Colorado. He noticed something wrong with the right side of his ribcage, and his friends, fearful for Gonzales, talked him into getting examined.

“I had a bump on the side of my rib, it was the size of a tennis ball.