He started shaking his head, too. When the Watauga Middle School football coach first spotted Halapoulivaati Vaitai and his two brothers at sixth grade registration, one thought flooded his mind.
"Our team," he whispered, "just got a whole lot better."
Vaitai stood taller than 6 feet as an 11-year-old. His brothers, with wacky names like Kevin and William, looked almost as massive, and because they were just 11 months younger, they were in the same grade as Halapoulivaati.
