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She鈥檇 tag along and watch her older brother in awe.

There he was, interviewing Peyton Manning at a Super Bowl. Flying to Denver to interview a head coach as part of the CBS NFL Today pregame show. Broadcasting high school football games over the Albuquerque airwaves while still a high school student, himself. Announcing an NFL first round pick in Arlington, Texas, in 2018. Getting accepted to the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

The world was at Austin Denton鈥檚 feet, and his younger sister, Skye, was eagerly and proudly along for the ride.

鈥淚 tell people about everyone we met and the things we got to do and they鈥檙e like, 鈥榊ou really did all that?鈥欌�� says Skye Denton. 鈥淲ell, my brother did all that, but I was right there with him.鈥�

Today, that tagalong little sister 鈥� five years younger than the big brother she still adores 鈥� is the one blazing trails.

Skye is making a name for herself as she enters her junior year of college as a digital marketing and sports business double major. She has also been accepted into the Barrett Honors College on that same ASU campus that was only on her radar because she knew it was where Austin once planned to be.

And now, Skye knows it鈥檚 big brother who is watching her live out her dreams like she once did with him.

鈥淚 talk to him every day for sure,鈥� said Skye. 鈥淛ust keeping him updated. Then I鈥檓 always like, 鈥楤ut you鈥檙e watching me anyway, so I don鈥檛 know why I鈥檓 talking to you.鈥� He sees it all.鈥�

The cancer came back

Doctors found a tumor on Austin Denton鈥檚 spine when he was 2 years old.

Chemotherapy, radiation and determination beat the cancer, but not before it severely affected his mobility, leaving young Austin with a life of crutches and wheelchairs to get around.

The cancer never stood a chance against his spirit, or that smile.

He and his family were blessed with assistance from St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital. It was through St. Jude that Austin was presented with so many opportunities 鈥� opportunities he didn鈥檛 merely accept and enjoy, but ran with and excelled.

He did public address announcements at his high school, broadcasted Skye鈥檚 gymnastics competitions, worked for ESPN radio in Rio Rancho calling high school football games, had his own sports blog and was a regular seeker of advice, mentorship and camaraderie with fellow sports journalists around town.

To say he was on an upward trajectory to sports broadcasting stardom would be an understatement.

When he was 18, the cancer came back.

鈥淭he last year was really tough,鈥� Tracy Denton, his mom, said. 鈥淗e had a lot more stuff going on and we were trying to figure out and what was happening, what was going on. I think in all (throughout his life), he had about 13 surgeries and all the radiation and chemo 鈥� he did all of that and just never dwelled on the negative. Even at the end when they were telling him he couldn鈥檛 have any more treatment, he was like, 鈥業 don't care. I鈥檓 gonna beat it. I beat it every time before.鈥� 

鈥淧eople have asked how we got through it all and I鈥檝e always just said, 鈥業f you know Austin, then you know.鈥欌��

Austin Denton died on Dec. 17, 2019.

His memorial service filled the La Cueva High School gym. His legacy endured well beyond that.

A foundation of love

Parents Tracy and Brian Denton and, of course, sister Skye, didn鈥檛 have to do a thing to keep Austin Denton鈥檚 memory alive beyond their own hearts and home.

鈥淎 lot of times I don鈥檛 even know why he made such an impact on people, but he just did,鈥� said Tracy Denton. 鈥淗e was positive. He was optimistic. He was determined. All of those words, right? But he really was all of those things. And he just didn't let anything get him down.鈥�

The family, and a few others close to the family, formed the Austin Denton Foundation in 2021 鈥� .

With the repeated 鈥淪eize the Moment!鈥� mantra that Austin lived his life by, with a healthy dose of passion about sports and community, the foundation seeks largely to financially support existing scholarship programs that benefit high school kids who have the same ambition, love of community and general positive spirit as Austin.

It also has benefited through the years such organizations as Make a Wish, the New Mexico Blade Runners sled hockey club, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico, the New Mexico Activities Association, St. Jude and the University of New Mexico Children鈥檚 Hospital.

The foundation recently held a fundraiser and its big annual event is its late December gala fundraiser (this year鈥檚 will be Dec. 30).

鈥淗e鈥檇 be proud of what we鈥檙e doing,鈥� Skye said. 鈥淚 think he鈥檇 be really happy.鈥�

Sibling rivalry

Austin never felt sorry for himself, 鈥渁nd we never felt sorry for him either,鈥� says Skye.

When she could annoy her big brother enough to stop playing 鈥淐all of Duty鈥� or some other game with friends and play a video game with her 鈥� Nintendo Wii Sports was the siblings鈥� go-to 鈥� it was game on.

Well, sort of.

鈥淗e would always beat me!鈥� Skye says, 20-years-old and still visibly worked up over never being able to get the best of her big brother in a video game a decade ago.

鈥淲e鈥檇 play Wii basketball and he had those long arms and would beat me every time!鈥�

Tracy says the two were very loving siblings, but highly competitive.

鈥淲e鈥檇 go on bike rides and eventually we鈥檇 have to take them on separate bike rides because they鈥檇 try to beat each other so bad. We (Tracy and her husband Brian), would finally just say forget it, we had to go on separate rides before they run each other off the sidewalk or whatever.鈥�

But now, much older and more mature, Skye certainly doesn鈥檛 hold the same feeling of competition with her older brother, does she?

鈥淚 graduated with one more letter (for her La Cueva High School letterman jacket) than he did,鈥� she insisted on letting me know when we talked recently, beaming with a smile even through watery eyes.

鈥淗e had four. I finished with five.鈥�

Her legacy is his legacy

Skye acknowledges there were moments 鈥� though very few 鈥� when she would wonder a bit about the shadow her brother was casting.

鈥淪ometimes, yeah there were some points where I was like, dang, he has it all going for him, and I鈥檓 just like this kid,鈥� Skye said.

Now, she realizes it wasn鈥檛 a shadow at all, but merely Austin鈥檚 way of clearing the runway for her own impending takeoff.

鈥淭he older I got, I just respected everything that he was able to do,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e got a lot closer as I got older and there was just so much love. ...

鈥淚'm paving my own path and I think he鈥檇 be really excited about what the future is going to look like for me. Even though I鈥檓 not doing exactly what he was gonna do in journalism, I鈥檓 still in the same lane in a lot of ways, and I love him for that.鈥�

Geoff Grammer is a sports writer and podcaster for the 近距离内射合集 who covers UNM Lobo basketball and writes a front page column each Monday aimed at simply telling the stories of people he comes across as a reporter, a dad, a husband and a native New Mexican. If you have any suggestions or feedback, reach Geoff Grammer at ggrammer@abqjournal.com or follow him on Twitter (X) .