With just seconds left on the clock, the high school football team in Newtown, Connecticut, scored a winning touchdown during the state championship game — on the same day as themassacre that left 26 people deadin their town seven years prior.Newtown Nighthawks senior wide receiver Riley Ward scored the touchdown just as time expired, ending the game with a 13-7 victory over the Darien Blue Wave, according toThe Washington Post.“I couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Ward told theHartford Courantafter the game. “I love this town. I love everybody. I’m at a loss for words.”ThePostreported that the crowd erupted in cheers after Ward’s touchdown, swarming the field as Ward threw his helmet into the air in celebration. Spectators who were at the game described the incredible moment as “surreal” and “amazing.”Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP“It was surreal,“ Pete Paguaga toldCNN. “It was a movie ending. I’m still searching for words to process what I saw.““Seven years ago in Newtown, CT was an unspeakably awful day. 7 years to the day, kids from that town and school did this,” sportscaster Scott Van Pelttweeted. “Sports are amazing sometimes.”The win marked Newtown High School’s first state championship since 1992, according to CNN.Several of the players on the team attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, the location of the 2012 massacre, and one of the players had a brother who was killed in the shooting, thePostreported, which also noted that Newtown supporters came to the game wearing bold green, Sandy Hook’s school color.Twenty-six people, including 20 children, were killed in the massacre on Dec. 14, 2012.
With just seconds left on the clock, the high school football team in Newtown, Connecticut, scored a winning touchdown during the state championship game — on the same day as themassacre that left 26 people deadin their town seven years prior.
Newtown Nighthawks senior wide receiver Riley Ward scored the touchdown just as time expired, ending the game with a 13-7 victory over the Darien Blue Wave, according toThe Washington Post.
“I couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Ward told theHartford Courantafter the game. “I love this town. I love everybody. I’m at a loss for words.”
ThePostreported that the crowd erupted in cheers after Ward’s touchdown, swarming the field as Ward threw his helmet into the air in celebration. Spectators who were at the game described the incredible moment as “surreal” and “amazing.”
Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP
“It was surreal,“ Pete Paguaga toldCNN. “It was a movie ending. I’m still searching for words to process what I saw.“
“Seven years ago in Newtown, CT was an unspeakably awful day. 7 years to the day, kids from that town and school did this,” sportscaster Scott Van Pelttweeted. “Sports are amazing sometimes.”
The win marked Newtown High School’s first state championship since 1992, according to CNN.
Several of the players on the team attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, the location of the 2012 massacre, and one of the players had a brother who was killed in the shooting, thePostreported, which also noted that Newtown supporters came to the game wearing bold green, Sandy Hook’s school color.
Twenty-six people, including 20 children, were killed in the massacre on Dec. 14, 2012.
source: people.com
