Newtown High School wins state football championship on anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting

A Newtown High School band member wears a green ribbon in honor of Sandy Hook victims.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

The football team at Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, knew it would be hard to play in the state championship on the 7th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, but the players agreed — they were going to hit the field.

"Obviously it was going to be difficult and we wanted to make sure they were prepared," Superintendent Lorrie Rodrigue told The Hartford Courant. "The consensus was [that] they wanted to play and this was important to them." Several players on the team attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, and linebacker Ben Pinto's younger brother was one of the 26 victims of the shooting.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.