In response to Marysville school shooting, rival football team hands the league title to Marysville

by forfeiting their last game.

Knowing that the Marysville team wouldn't be in any shape to play, Maryville's biggest rival gave up its own chance at the title.

Thanks to these high school students for their kindness.

http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/high-school-forfeits-league-title-to-marysville-pilchuck-site-of-school-shooting-102514

A rivalry between two Seattle-area high school football teams was set aside in the wake of Friday’s fatal shooting at Marysville Pilchuk High School.

The Oak Harbor Wildcats have offered to forfeit their game against Marysville, and in turn, accepted second place in Washington’s Wesco 3A North league, according to the Seattle Times. The game was originally scheduled to be played Friday night, but was postponed following the tragic events in which a freshman killed one fellow student and injured four others before fatally shooting himself.

Oak Harbor coach Jay Turner (a 1990 graduate of Marysville Pilchuck) and Marysville superintendent Becky Berg confirmed the Wildcats made the offer, according to ESPN.com.

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The Wildcats’ show of solidarity wasn’t done there, however. Members of the Oak Harbor football team also showed up at a vigil — in full uniform, according to The Herald — at Marysville-Pilchuk on Friday night to offer their support.