“(Cam) and his teammate were, you know, kind of jawing at each other a little bit, and I got in the middle of it before it escalated, and I took a helmet to the hand on my finger and (Cam) broke my finger on his helmet,” Darrell said with a laugh.

A trip to the urgent care followed, and you know how that goes. It takes forever.

“We sat in PriMed for hours that night,” Darrell said.

Over time, though, a serious relationship blossomed.

“It just eventually turned into something we didn’t even plan on and it just kind of happened, which I think is the best,” Courtney said.

The couple was married in 2014, but not before making sure that it was OK with Courtney's kids.

“Cam has had trust issues in the past with different situations and things that have gone on, but once he trusts you, he’s loyal for life. He’s a very loyal kid,” Courtney said. “You see the outgoing and exuberant personality, but he’s my most sensitive kid out of all three of them. He wears his emotions on his sleeve. (He and Darrell) have a really special relationship."