Lewiston High School's state soccer title is a salve after last month's mass shooting

Last month, police used the high school parking lot in Lewiston, Maine, as a staging area in the manhunt for a mass murderer. Today, Lewiston High School is celebrating a state championship, after its boys' soccer team won a nail-biter in overtime, 3-2, over the weekend.

"We just wanted to give back to the city with all they have gone through," the Lewiston Blue Devils' Tegra Mbele told the Sun Journal newspaper.

As goalie Payson Goyette put it, "We have been saying the past few weeks, 'Do it for the city.' "

The city is grateful: Lewiston thanked the team for bringing "great joy to our hearts" on its Facebook page.

"Through all the dark times, I think light shines through and I think this is a great example of that," Lewiston Athletic Director Jason Fuller told NPR, "and it's a very special one."

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1212645012/lewiston-boys-soccer-title-maine-mass-shooting

Absolutely wonderful!