It reads like a fairytale ending to a Hollywood movie.

Jacob Stiner wanted to figure out a way to lift the spirits of his sister who is currently battling cancer. The senior at Union County (Maynardsville, Tenn.) came up with an idea that included a lot of moving parts.

More specifically, a lot of people would have to go along with his plan, if he was to pull it off.

Stiner’s sister had never seen him play the game he loves. This past Friday was the first time that she was able to attend her brother’s game, as they took on Fulton.

However, even while the plan unfolded on the gridiron, the majority of the negotiating took place prior to taking the field. Stiner approached Union County head coach Chris Robbins a few days prior to the game in order to brainstorm ideas.

However, what they came up with would have to include Fulton’s head coach Rob Black.

Prior to the game on Friday, Robbins approached Black to discuss what he and Stiner had in mind. The opposing coach agreed to the plan: during the game Stiner would be handed the ball and run into the end zone unopposed.

The young man would score a touchdown with his sister in the stands to witness it first-hand.

"A lot of different emotions fly at that time because you think about what this means to the player, his sister, and again how proud I’m sure his mother was,” Black said to WBIR.com. “Once they told me that they were in on taking in that, and it was a pretty neat situation for us as well.”

As Stiner rumbled down the field and into the end zone, players from both teams could be seen cheering the young man on.

It was a touching moment that only seems to occur in the midst of athletic competition and a reminder of the important lessons that competition can teach.

“As a defense, you’re trying to keep people out of the end zone,” Black said. “But in this situation, you know, again, it was a moment for us to teach our young people that sometimes other things take precedence over that.”

Video courtesy of WBIR