Youth football team donates equipment to rival team in need

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When the Lakota Tomahawks heard their rival football team, the Middletown Middies, needed equipment following a theft, they didn't hesitate to send over a donation.

More than $40,000 was stolen from the Middletown Youth Football and Cheer League in Middletown, Ohio, and the Tomahawks coaching staff wanted to help in any way possible. They donated shoulder pads, and another local nonprofit, Cleats for Kids, rounded up shoes and other items. "It always makes you feel good when somebody that is your competitor comes in to help you out," Middies coach Quincy Hightower told WCPO. "We hope to do the same and pay that forward in the future."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.