Wellington’s Salinas plays for Team Ta’Tanka in Native American All-Star Game

By Bev Odom on Thursday, January 16, 2025
  • Wa-Ya defensive back Cooper O’Neal, right, of Wills Point High School, tackles Ta’Tanka wide receiver TJ Salinas (center), of Wellington High School, during the first half of the Native American All-Star Football Game at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Photo by Dallas News Staff Photographer Tom Fox
    Wa-Ya defensive back Cooper O’Neal, right, of Wills Point High School, tackles Ta’Tanka wide receiver TJ Salinas (center), of Wellington High School, during the first half of the Native American All-Star Football Game at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Photo by Dallas News Staff Photographer Tom Fox
    FRISCO – Wellington High School (WHS) senior TJ Salinas got to step back on the football field one more time as a competitor in the Native American All-Star Game at the Ford Center at the Frisco Star at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7.A member of the Nebraska Ponca Tribe of Indians, Salinas was one of 60 Native American athletes chosen to play in the all-star game, the highlight of a four-day c...

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