Posted on Nov 13, 2023
Lewiston High School's state soccer title is a salve after last month's mass shooting
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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.
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.
Lewiston High School's state soccer title is a salve after last month's mass shooting
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."A fairy tale, or destiny?
"Fairy tales do happen!" the Blue Devils' athletics department declared after Saturday's win.
Bass also invoked that phrase, ahead of the final.
"It is, indeed, a bit of a fairy tale, because fairy tales are not just about living happily ever after" and saving the day, Bass said on member station Northeast Public Radio.
"Fairy tales are also dark, with horrific details — the original versions of Charles Perrault's 'Little Red Riding Hood' and Hans Christian Andersen's 'Little Mermaid' come to mind — that offer us warnings about the world we live in, and the terrible people we may have to combat."
Those stories serve as cautionary tales, Bass noted.
"But then, again, fairy tales remind us that amidst the dark, there is the good, the happily ever after, the saving of the day. Sport, too, often feels like that."
And in Lewiston, she added, the soccer team's latest success felt like more than saving the day. It felt, she said, like destiny."
..."A fairy tale, or destiny?
"Fairy tales do happen!" the Blue Devils' athletics department declared after Saturday's win.
Bass also invoked that phrase, ahead of the final.
"It is, indeed, a bit of a fairy tale, because fairy tales are not just about living happily ever after" and saving the day, Bass said on member station Northeast Public Radio.
"Fairy tales are also dark, with horrific details — the original versions of Charles Perrault's 'Little Red Riding Hood' and Hans Christian Andersen's 'Little Mermaid' come to mind — that offer us warnings about the world we live in, and the terrible people we may have to combat."
Those stories serve as cautionary tales, Bass noted.
"But then, again, fairy tales remind us that amidst the dark, there is the good, the happily ever after, the saving of the day. Sport, too, often feels like that."
And in Lewiston, she added, the soccer team's latest success felt like more than saving the day. It felt, she said, like destiny."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."A fairy tale, or destiny?
"Fairy tales do happen!" the Blue Devils' athletics department declared after Saturday's win.
Bass also invoked that phrase, ahead of the final.
"It is, indeed, a bit of a fairy tale, because fairy tales are not just about living happily ever after" and saving the day, Bass said on member station Northeast Public Radio.
"Fairy tales are also dark, with horrific details — the original versions of Charles Perrault's 'Little Red Riding Hood' and Hans Christian Andersen's 'Little Mermaid' come to mind — that offer us warnings about the world we live in, and the terrible people we may have to combat."
Those stories serve as cautionary tales, Bass noted.
"But then, again, fairy tales remind us that amidst the dark, there is the good, the happily ever after, the saving of the day. Sport, too, often feels like that."
And in Lewiston, she added, the soccer team's latest success felt like more than saving the day. It felt, she said, like destiny."
..."A fairy tale, or destiny?
"Fairy tales do happen!" the Blue Devils' athletics department declared after Saturday's win.
Bass also invoked that phrase, ahead of the final.
"It is, indeed, a bit of a fairy tale, because fairy tales are not just about living happily ever after" and saving the day, Bass said on member station Northeast Public Radio.
"Fairy tales are also dark, with horrific details — the original versions of Charles Perrault's 'Little Red Riding Hood' and Hans Christian Andersen's 'Little Mermaid' come to mind — that offer us warnings about the world we live in, and the terrible people we may have to combat."
Those stories serve as cautionary tales, Bass noted.
"But then, again, fairy tales remind us that amidst the dark, there is the good, the happily ever after, the saving of the day. Sport, too, often feels like that."
And in Lewiston, she added, the soccer team's latest success felt like more than saving the day. It felt, she said, like destiny."
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