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Derek Jensen has continued to fight in the shot put where he ranks near the top in Class C despite losing his mother unexpectedly in April.

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Pushing forward
May 26, 2010 4:43 p.m.

Pushing forward

Noxon junior battles for shot put crown following family tragedy

It was shortly after three in the afternoon when 16-year-old Derek Jensen got the call. He was at school at the time and he was outside teaching the younger children how to play a game called flicker ball, a football passing game, when Mr. Moore, his high school principal and his track coach grabbed him and told him he had a phone call.