Newtown Football Team Appears On NBC Halftime Show

NEWTOWN, CT — The Newtown High School football team's last second state championship win was celebrated across the country Saturday. The victory came seven years to the day of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The team appeared on NBC Sport's halftime show Sunday night.

Quarterback Jack Street threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Riley Ward on the final play of the game to give Newtown its first state championship win since 1992. The final score was 13 to 7 against football powerhouse Darien, which had won the title three times since 2015.

"The great thing about football and sports in general, moments like this brings people together," said head coach Bobby Pattison during the halftime show.

Video of the last play has been viewed millions of times and news of the victory made it to the national news.

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Street was a fourth grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School during the 2012 shooting. He said it was the scariest moment of his life, according to the Connecticut Post. Senior linebacker Ben Pinto's brother Jack was one of the 20 children killed in the shooting.