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Eden teen overcomes cancer, paralysis to compete in junior high track
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Weber School District's junior high track and field championship began Thursday at Bonneville High School and for one competitor — ninth-grader Alden Peterson of Snowcrest Junior High in Eden — just getting there was a victory. In August 2021, Peterson was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer called anaplastic astrocytoma. He had been feeling unwell for an extended period and was displaying neurologic deficits at the time; a CT scan later would uncover a large mass in his brain. Two surgeries and 24 months of chemotherapy later, he found ...
