Slain Atlantic City coach honored with youth football and 'Rally for Tally'

Dolphins Field is known for hosting youth games in Atlantic City.
But this weekend it was about community as the Venice Park football field was the setting to honor Coach Demond Tally.
Tally, 45, was a longtime youth coach and former player. He was fatally shot Feb. 10, while still grieving the killing of his only son in November 2016. Neither crime has been solved.
But the “Rally for Tally” looked to focus on the positive impact the coach had on the city’s youth.
It began Saturday with lots for kids to do, including tug-of-war and scimmages.

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Sunday, Atlantic City’s Dolphins were set to play the Pleasantville Jokers.
The varsity game was set to go first.
Before the junior varisty teams take the field, Coach Demond was being honored with a jersey “retirement.”
His sister, Mona Tally, noted that the two numbers her brother wore — 24 and 28 — already were retired.
Jamar Reynolds, also the victim of gun violence, wore No. 24. The 28 jersey was retired in honor of Demond Tally’s son, Demond “Oskii” Cottman.