BATTLE WITH TEYON: Community supports Muskogee teen battling cancer [Video]

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — From the battle on the football field to the battle to beat cancer. 2 News’ Naomi Keitt shows us how the community is rallying behind one Muskogee teen facing a trial he never expected.

The final play of the 2023 championship game is a moment Muskogee’s own Teyon Brewer will never forget. With a big smile on his face holding the championship trophy, the 19-year-old never could’ve imagined he would end up in a fight against cancer just a year later.

“I was constantly throwing up food,” said Teyon Brewer. “That’s when I started feeling down. I was very dizzy all the time. I felt like my body was weak.” Brewer got sick away at Missouri Western in September and ended up admitted to the hospital later that month.

He was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer.

“I had to make them repeat it to me a couple of times because it was like no …