For many of the fans, coaches and the players, being back at the stadium was the closest thing to feeling at home in the months since the Aug. 8 fire.
Updated: 2 minutes agoLahainaluna High School students cheer for the varsity football team during their homecoming game at Sue D. Cooley Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Lahainaluna’s varsity and junior varsity football teams are getting back to normal since the devastating wildfire in August.
Classes resumed last week at Lahainaluna High and at the two other public schools that survived the Aug. 8 fire, and on Saturday night, Lahainaluna’s varsity and junior varsity football teams played their first home games, both therapeutic wins, giving the community a glimmer of hope amid a tragedy that claimed at least 99 lives.
Lahainaluna High School students cheer for the varsity football team during their homecoming game at Sue D. Cooley Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Lahainaluna’s varsity and junior varsity football teams are getting back to normal since the devastating wildfire in August. “If they can get on the field and find some normalcy in their life,” she said of the players, “then I can do the same.”
A few days before donning his No. 9 uniform in the homecoming game, he reflected on the new view from the field. “If they somehow could have a football season, it would serve as an inspiration and a rallying point for the entire community,” he said. “In times of tragedy, sports can have a healing effect, not only for the community but the players and coaches as well.”
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