Coal’s father, David, played on the first football teams at Hunter High in the early 1990s. Coal’s uncles — twins Chris and Jeremy Castro — were on the Kearns High state championship team in 1989.
Carson Castro, Coal’s younger brother who also played for Herriman on Friday, picked his number in honor of his grandfather and Dustin Pearce’s father, Dave Pearce. Dave Pearce played on Kearns’ championship team in 1972.
“It does [come up] all the time. In fact, there’s a lot of pressure,” David Castro said. “It’s a tradition, so it’s tough not to play football in this family,”
While cousins Coal Castro and Braxton Pearce finished their prep careers, Carson Castro and Carter Pearce will be back to help Herriman get back to the playoffs.