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year we reporter a change in the head coaching position at stephen decatur.. and now we have a little more information as to why yea that’s right david really sad situation here.. it was initially announced that it was family health issues.. well now they have released what those health issues were stephen decatur head football coach bobby knox announced before the season that he’d be taking a leave of absense due to family reasons.it came out that his grandson, two and a half year old eli is battling a rare brain cancer called atypical tertaoid. only one percent of brain tumors are this diagnosis. eli has already had one surgery to remove a tumor, but doctors are unable to opperate on a second tumor, so he’ll undergo chemotherapy to shrink it. it’s a horrible situation that you can help with. eli’s mother is a teacher at spring ridge elemtary and the spring ridge community has set up a go fund me page and all of the money raised will go directly to the family to help with medical bills. you can donate by visiting www.gofundme.com/ foreli smyrna running back will knight received his first division one scholarship offer… it came from coastal carolina university. the runningback was named the delaware gatorade player of the year last season and was first team all state. he rushed for over 2000 yards last year as his eagles won the d-one state title. rest assured this offer will be the first of many! we’ve got plenty of action around the shore tonight. arcadia football is at home tonight against franklin… the firebirds are 1-1 right now. delmar field hockey is at home taking on caesar rodney. we’ll have highlights of those games and more, tonight. some good news for caesar rodney grad and current wesley college soccer forward aleya cummings… she was named the ecac south region rookie of the week on tuesday. shoe scored the eqalizer in the wolverines game against nuemann to force overtime. she alsonothched a hat trick in their matchup against immaculata. cummings has netted either goals in the wolverines first four games of the season. right side: aleya cummings and to football, wesley stays in the 17 spot in the division3.com football rankings.the wolverines earned a 43-7 victory over frostburg state at home last saturday. next up they’ll face christopher newport university. and some good news for salisbury university football team… the sea gulls were sit in the 16 spot in the latest d3 football top 25 poll. s-u was off this past weekend after opening their season with a 34-18 victory against albright. the seaa gulls host montclair state university this saturday at noon. that’s it for sports – more news and weather straight ahead. stay with us. catch more of the action on our sports page at 47abc.com