Bison football players rally behind teammate

Hot Springs senior Carl Stanton stands with his football team on the sidelines of their game versus Wagner last Friday night at Woodward Field. Stanton is currently preparing for a surgery later this month which will remain a mass on his brain. Photo by Richard Anderson
Hot Springs senior Carl Stanton stands with his football team on the sidelines of their game versus Wagner last Friday night at Woodward Field. Stanton is currently preparing for a surgery later this month which will remain a mass on his brain. Photo by Richard Anderson

HOT SPRINGS – Carl Stanton stands on the sidelines of each Bison football game in his No. 22 jersey and is at each practice wishing he could be out on the field.

A little over a year ago, it was discovered that he had a small mass on his brain – a pituitary lesion - that eventually kept growing enough to need surgery. The surgery will be held Thursday, Sept. 22 at the UCHealth University of Colorad…