SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Northern California high school football team will play for a championship Saturday one year after most of the players and coaches lost their homes to a wildfire that nearly destroyed their town. Paradise High School will face Sutter Union High School for the Northern Section Division III championship. “The football team has come to represent all of us,” Paradise Mayor Jody Jones said. The school produced Jeff Maehl, a wide receiver who played for the University of Oregon in the 2011 BCS national championship game and later played for two NFL teams. Last year, the school was 8-2 and preparing to host a home playoff game when the wildfire swept through the town.

Source: thestar November 30, 2019 17:03 UTC