The one step up to the podium was small. But Allan Trimble took no chances Monday. His wife, Courtney, helped him navigate that step to join three other newly elected members of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.
Climbing stairs is one of those small acts of independence that we all take for granted, like tying shoes and buttoning pants. Acts of independence that have abandoned the most successful high school football coach in Oklahoma history.
The Jenks coach revealed in July 2016 that he had been diagnosed with ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is undefeated. It progressively attacks the voluntary muscle movements that come naturally to us.