PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Few things are powerful enough to bring people back to the scene of their greatest tragedy. For the community of Paradise, which was devastated by a wildfire, football is it.
More than 5,000 people are expected back at Om Wraith Field to watch the Paradise High School Bobcats play their first game since last November’s blaze. The players will enter the stadium through the home football stands, led by last year’s seniors who never got to play in their final game.
“I don’t want no sympathy,” said Elijah Gould, a left guard. “I want them to come take off our heads because that’s what we’re coming to do.