Uvalde High School wins first home football game since tragic shooting at Robb Elementary
Feelings have been already operating excessive Friday evening when Uvalde Excessive College hosted its first soccer sport because the tragic shooting at nearby Robb Elementary School this previous Could. There was a 21-second second of silence earlier than the opening kickoff to honor the 21 individuals who died, “Uvalde sturdy” T-shirts all through the bleachers and the varied particular person remembrances within the stands.
Soccer was possible one of many final issues on everybody’s thoughts Monday evening, but it surely won’t have been by the sport’s finish.
Uvalde beat C.C. Winn Excessive College, 34-28, due to some unbelievable last-minute performs within the fourth quarter. Tied 28-28 with 36 seconds left within the sport, Uvalde senior Jonathan Jimenez evaded tacklers behind the road of scrimmage and scampered on a 51-yard run to the C.C. Winn 10-yard line with simply 17 seconds to go. On the subsequent play, senior wideout Devon Franklin hauled in a one-handed seize within the nook of the tip zone to provide Uvalde the lead and the win.
What a wild end. And an unbelievable second for a group that was completely rocked by the taking pictures at Robb — which is simply 2.4 miles from the highschool — the place 19 youngsters and two lecturers have been killed by a lone gunman.
Senior Uvalde linebacker Justyn Rendon’s youthful brother was at Robb when the taking pictures occurred and survived. Rendon was chosen by the group to put on the No. 21 jersey this season to honor the 21 victims.
Uvalde’s soccer group has already matched its win whole from a yr in the past. Uvalde received its first sport of the season final week … by scoring 21 factors — which Rendon’s father believes is one other signal from the victims of the taking pictures.
“It was only a signal that the 21 angels are wanting down at this group, and saying that they are right here, that they are nonetheless current, and that they are going to stay current,” Eluterio Rendon told ABC Information this week. “In order that was a fairly, fairly particular second.”
