Uvalde team playing for their town

UVALDE, Texas — What happened last May in Uvalde has changed that town forever. Nothing can reverse what happened but there are things that have happened since and are happening now that can help unite the town. One of those being this football season for Uvalde High School.They got their first home game win on a dramatic last second touchdown

Everyone in Uvalde was impacted by what happened at Robb Elementary School, including the players and coaches on the high school football team. Jarrett Hernandez had a younger brother at Robb that day. “I saw and heard things that day I can't get out of my head and I'll never be able to get them out of my head,” says Miller. “You know, when there's parents, they're waiting to pick kids up and, you know, as a relocator that there ain't no more buses coming. It's tough.”

The team decided that the #21 jersey would be given to the player that earned it and represented the best of what a player can bring. It now has special meaning.

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