Uvalde, Texas, suffered an incomparable tragedy at the end of the last school year when 19 students and two teachers died in a horrific shooting on May 24 at the elementary school.
Uvalde’s stadium is just 2.4 miles from Robb Elementary School.
The Houston Texans paid a visit to the high school before the first football game of 2022 and also donated new uniforms to the team.
Players from the @HoustonTexans here in Uvalde to surprise the football team ahead of their first home game, an event bringing the whole community together pic.twitter.com/KaTFlQCOq3
— Emily Shapiro (@EmilyShapiroABC) September 2, 2022
Uvalde opened its season Friday against the C.C. Winn Mavericks, and the game produced a stirring ending with the Coyotes rallying for a 34-28 victory.
This is absolute goosebumps stuff:
Uvalde High School won its first home game tonight 34-28.
It happened thanks to a miraculous 51-yard run with 36 seconds to go.
And then a go-ahead, one-handed TD catch with 12 seconds left.
Have to love sports.#txhsfb @wfaa pic.twitter.com/AXSs1zakUu— William Joy (@WilliamJoy) September 3, 2022
There was a 21-second moment of silence before the opening kickoff to honor the 21 people who died.