Children able to be kids again on field after tragic shooting
Children player a quick game with San Antonio FC players Henrik Sakshaug, from left, Connor Maloney and Grant Makela during a free soccer clinic held at Honey Bowl Stadium in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.Twelve-year-old Kayley Gutierrez shouted, “Let’s go, I won,” as she demonstrated the different goal celebrations she performed at the free soccer clinic San Antonio FC hosted inside Honey Bowl Stadium in Uvalde on Thursday night.
“He’s my role model, and I like to score many goals like him,” Gutierrez said. “I wrote a paper about him in school.” “As a community, this event was great because it gave the kids the opportunity to come together and be present,” Kimberly Gutierrez said. Tamra Martinez had her daughter Kailee, 7, and son Bently, 9, at the event. She felt nostalgic since she played for the Uvalde High School soccer team in the late 1990s.
And as a community member, the least he could do was to care about others, which is why he and the whole team created this event.
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