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My high school friend Mike Chasse died on November 3rd in a New Jersey prison. Mike and I were mostly connected through football, having played together in junior high and high school. It seems like yesterday Eric H., Brian C., and I were eating lunch in the Lewiston High School cafeteria. I also remember the time these guys helped us move to our house in Auburn. That piano almost killed us but we were motivated by donuts. Together we ate about three dozen, though I think Mike ate a dozen by himself.

I'll never forget the time Mike burst out laughing in the hall between classes. It was as if the site of Brian made him remember the joke from lunch and he was just now getting it. It was hilarious, even for Mike. I also remember the way he used to yell, "Come on guys!" from the sidelines; even my mother remembers how he said it.