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PARADISE, Calif. (KTXL) — Like so many other things around the town of Paradise, which just one year ago was destroyed by California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, the Paradise High School football team has gone through a rebirth of its own.
“I didn’t know if we would have a school, if I would have a job or what was going to happen with football,” said head coach Rick Prinz.
But as the town rebuilt, Prinz did the same with his program.
Only 22 players total were left after the wildfire. Now, the Bobcats have more than 100 kids playing football at the school.
“There has been nothing like this,” Prinz told FOX40. “The amount of work it took to get here and to have this, and then to see the kids respond has been very rewarding.”