Recently making the rounds on social media is a spot from a Waco, Texas, news station about a high-school basketball game. Actually, it’s about Vanguard College Prep basketball team refusing to play the Gainesville Tornadoes, a juvenile correction facility team — a team of convicted felons who only, on account of good behavior, get to leave the correction facility a few times a year to pit their skills against those of nearby private schools.

But the reason the private school boys refused to play the Tornadoes in their standard game is because the Tornadoes have no fans. Their schoolmates aren’t allowed to leave the facility to watch the games and the parents of these teenagers are absent — which likely contributed to why the kids ended up in trouble to begin with. So a few members of the Vanguard team decided it was unfair to make the Tornadoes play with no one cheering them on, and came up with a solution: they would share their fans. When the Tornadoes came into the gym, they were greeted by their own cheerleaders, their own banners of support and their own cheering section.

The result was a game that made a huge difference in the lives of those who had likely never had anyone to cheer them on.

Cut to March 28. At the Turnage Theater in Washington, the 23^rd Downeast Regional Spelling Bee will start at 1 p.m. Forty contestants from across eastern North Carolina will get on the Turnage stage to spell their little hearts out. If they win, they will go to the national spelling bee in Washington, D.C. in May. Several of the contestants are local — from P.S. Jones, Bath Elementary, Chocowinity Primary and Middle schools, Snowden, Northeast, John Small — but many of them will be coming from much farther away — from Manteo and Morehead, Kitty Hawk and Cape Hatteras.

Considering the distance, one can imagine that students from farther away will be accompanied by parents only, while those from closer to home may come with parents, siblings, extended family, friends and friends of the family.

The fan base is a little unbalanced, and those children from out of town need some more fans to support them. The local children need some more fans to support them.

The public is encouraged to take play from the Vanguards of Waco, Texas’ playbook and come out to the Turnage to support some great spellers.

It’s free — and it will make a big difference to visitors and spellers alike.

To see the story of the Vanguards vs. Tornadoes game, visit http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-high-school-basketball-team-incredible-sportsmanship/