Prayers for Marysville-Pilchuck; respect for opponent

A sporting event should always take a backseat when real-life tragedy strikes.

Friday’s big game between Marysville-Pilchuck and rival Oak Harbor was called off after the shooting at MPHS earlier in the day Friday.

That does not mean sports cannot help in the healing process. Oak Harbor offered to forfeit the game, giving MP the top seed for the upcoming playoffs.

“It meant the world to us,” senior Marysville-Pilchuck senior Sabastian Navarro told the Seattle Times. “They have class.”

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