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Newtown High School wins state title on Sandy Hook’s anniversary

They scored a touchdown in the last 3.3 seconds of the game.
Credit: AP
Newtown Nighthawks celebrate their win after beating the Darien Blue Wave in the final play of the Class LL state football championship at Trumbull High School Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Trumbull, Conn. Newtown won 13-7. Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community's high school football team, with a shooting victim's brother as linebacker, won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thrill. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP)

TRUMBULL, Conn. — On the seven year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, Newtown High School wins its first state championship since 1992.

Not only did they win the Class LL title, they won it on a dramatic, last-second, 36-yard touchdown pass.

You cannot make this stuff up.

Jack Street, through the fog and rain, found Riley Ward open down the right sideline and hit his target perfectly.

Then the celebration began.

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