“Onward” is funny, it’s silly but more than that, it touches your heart in a way you wouldn’t expect a story about teenage elves to do.

During summer training camp at Francis Field, just before the school year at Washington University starts, head football coach Larry Kindbom likes to call out a pair of names, “Lake and Lake!”

Ever since they can remember, Chris LaBarge and Trevor LaBarge have been playing football together. Chris, a senior defensive back with the Bears, started his collegiate career at Drake University, an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision school, before being redshirted. After his freshman year, he transferred to Washington University.