Sandy Hook: Newtown High wins football championship on 7th anniversary of …

(CNN) In Newtown, Connecticut, December 14 is normally clouded with sadness.

It’s the anniversary of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary.

But this Saturday — the seventh anniversary of the tragedy — ended with jubilation because the Newtown High football team rallied in the final seconds to win the Class LL state championship.

I’m still searching for words to process what I saw.”

Newtown wins the CLASSS LL title 13-7 over Darien I’m the final play Jack Street hits Riley Ward for 36-yard TD #cthsfbNewtown’s first state title since 1992 pic.twitter.com/BfSMc0rNIy — Pete Paguaga (@PetePaguaga) December 14, 2019Newtown last won a championship in 1992.