A Saskatchewan boy had one of the best days of his life on Saturday when he carried the football over the goal line at a Regina Minor Football game.

Eleven-year-old Logan Tonge is in a wheelchair, and he comes out to watch his friends on the Atom Griffins, a team that draws players from White City, Balgonie and Pilot Butte.

Mark Sulymka, the head coach of the Griffins, said his son has been good friends with Logan since they started kindergarten in White City.

"It just didn't seem right that he could only watch from the stands," Sulymka said. "And I thought it would be kind of special for him if he could get a sideline view with the team and feel like he was part of it."

He contacted Regina Minor Football, and they agreed. They found a jersey for Logan as well.

Eight-year-old Logan Tonge tosses the ball around with his two friends, Kyle Phillipson (L) and Zane Willness (R). (Adrian Cheung/CBC)

At the beginning of the game on Saturday, Sulymka pointed Logan out to the coach of the opposing team, the Canadians. The Canadians coach suggested they find a way to get Logan the ball at some point in the game.

Sulymka wasn't sure when that moment would happen, but when only ten seconds were left on the clock, he took the other coach up on his offer. The officials agreed, so the coaches rallied the players, and they all ran down the field together as Logan scored.

"We just thought it would be a real special event and it turned out it was pretty massive."

'My boy went to bed with the biggest smile of his life'

"He's always asking 'How can I do it? I want to do it, I want to be part of it,' so it was really neat to find all these people — and a lot of them didn't know Logan, had never met him before," said his mom, Krista Smith. "Just giving him the opportunity to get out on the field was really, really neat."

"He's pretty used to sitting and watching different kids participate in different sports," she said.

In an earlier post on Facebook, Smith wrote: "There are no words! Life with Logan has had many ups and downs. This definitely was one of his highest 'ups.' My boy went to bed with the biggest smile of his life telling me over and over in detail exactly what it felt like to play 'real football.'"

Kyle Phillipson is one of the players on the team and a longtime friend to Logan. He said during school yard football, he and his friends will often give the ball to Logan.

"He always says, 'when can I go out onto a really football field and play?' And I said 'one day.' It actually happened, and it's pretty cool," Phillipson said.