THIS STORY was going to be a quick feature on how some former Penn Charter quarterbacks are celebrating one of their own about to play in the Super Bowl.
But then, as the onion began to lose layers, a resounding theme kept recurring: how connected Matt Ryan remains to Penn Charter. Even though he's in his ninth season with the Falcons, it turns out that the touch Ryan can put on a perfectly thrown football is almost as profound as his connection with those still on his old high school's campus.
Take senior quarterback Mike Hnatkowsky, who led the Quakers to a 6-3 mark this past season.