{"id":43257,"date":"2024-11-12T18:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T23:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=43257"},"modified":"2024-11-12T18:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T23:27:06","slug":"cronkite-news-native-youth-attend-second-annual-fiesta-bowl-football-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/12\/cronkite-news-native-youth-attend-second-annual-fiesta-bowl-football-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cronkite News: Native youth attend second annual Fiesta Bowl football clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Xavier<\/a>
Arizona State wide receiver Xavier Guillory, right, shares high-fives with children as they go through drills together at the camp on November 6, 2024, at the SRPMIC Baseball Fields in Scottsdale, Arizona. Photo by Ethan Desjardine \/ Cronkite News<\/figcaption>\r\n
\u2018Natives can ball,\u2019 too<\/div>\r\n
ASU\u2019s Xavier Guillory inspires Native American youth at Fiesta Bowl Legacy Youth Clinic<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, November 12, 2024<\/div>\r\n
By Ethan Desjardine<\/div>\r\n
Cronkite News<\/DIV>\r\n
cronkitenews.azpbs.org<\/A><\/DIV>\r\n

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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Raised in Lapwai, Idaho, and a proud member of the Nez Perce Tribal Nation, Xavier Guillory comes from a family full of Native American athletes, which made the Arizona State wide receiver the ideal person to address about a hundred children from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community at the Fiesta Bowl Legacy Youth Football Clinic in Scottsdale.<\/p>\r\n

Guillory\u2019s grandfather played for the University of Idaho, and his father, who played safety at Eastern Washington University, was a huge influence on his decision to pursue a career in football.<\/p>\r\n

Starting his collegiate football career close to home, Guillory played wide receiver at Idaho State, before transferring to ASU in 2023.<\/p>\r\n

He shared his experiences recently as the Pima-Maricopa children listened eagerly, eyes wide with excitement at the second Legacy Clinic organized by the Fiesta Bowl with the goal of connecting with Arizona\u2019s youth through football while fostering a sense of community.<\/p>\r\n

Fiesta Bowl volunteers, along with Westwood High School coaches and players, worked together to put on the free camp, teaching the basics of the sport, as well as important fundamentals such as teamwork to a community that often doesn\u2019t receive the exposure other areas do. Westwood is located in Mesa, just south of the Pima-Maricopa Community.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome seeing all the kids, and the future generation of football in this state.\u201d said Aidan Brown, a junior safety at Westwood. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see all these kids coming out and uniting over football.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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