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Paradise Football Team Ends Magical Season with Title Game Loss

Associated Press

   YUBA CITY, CALIF. - A Northern California high school football team has
   lost in a championship game one year after a deadly fire destroyed most
   of their town, including the homes of most players and coaches.

   Paradise High School lost to Sutter Union High School 20-7 Saturday
   night in the Northern Section Division III championship game. The game
   comes just more than one year after the fire in Paradise burned roughly
   19,000 buildings and killed 85 people.

   In the end zone after the game, senior running back Lukas Hartley cried
   with his teammates, telling reporters "I didn't cry this bad when my
   house burned down." He said he plans to be a firefighter after he
   finishes high school.

   "I'm just proud of all my brothers and thankful to God for putting me
   on this path," he said.

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