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| COACH DON LEE AND THE CONCORDIA HORNETS RECEIVES AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE IN THE FORM OF EQUIPMENT TO CONTINUE THEIR 2013 FOOTBALL SEASON. GO HORNETS!! |
“It’s just a miracle,” Concordia Trainer William Hall said of the boxes of Adidas gear that arrived on the college’s Selma, Ala., campus about 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26.
All 62 people on the bus — players, coaches and the bus driver — escaped unharmed when the vehicle blew two tires, igniting the gas tank and setting the bus on fire en route to Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, Sept. 21. (See Reporter Online story, “Concordia, Selma, football team escapes burning bus.”)
To read more about the gift from Adidas, see the AL.com story “Outpouring of support for Concordia—Selma culminates in new equipment from Adidas.”
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Green Bay Packers donate equipment to help Selma's Concordia Univ. after bus fire
GREENBAY, Wisconsin -- The Green Bay Packers are stepping forward to assist Concordia University Wisconsin's sister School in Alabama by donating gently used game pants and socks after a tragic bus fire last weekend. One of Concordia College Alabama's team buses, carrying the football squad, blew up as the team was heading to their game last Saturday against Miles College.
Everyone on the bus got off safely before the explosion, but the team lost a majority of its equipment used on game days.
Rick Riehl, director of Donor Relations at Concordia University Wisconsin, heard about the fire and immediately called the Green Bay Packers organization to find out if they'd be willing to assist in any way.
"The Packers have never let me down," said Riehl. "I knew they would step up and help out our sister school in Alabama during this time of need," he added.
According to a Packers spokesperson, the more than 100 pieces of donated equipment by the organization went out this morning. The equipment is good match for Concordia College Alabama because the College's team colors are green and gold, the same colors as the Green Bay Packers.
Founded in 1881, Concordia University Wisconsin's main campus is located ...
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SELMA, Alabama -- A college football coach in Selma says several schools and businesses have helped his team rebuild after nearly all their equipment was destroyed in a fire.
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| THE BUS... (COURTESY CONCORDIA COLLEGE ATHLETICS) |
The Concordia College football team was on its way to a game against Miles College Saturday when their team bus blew a tire and caught on fire soon after. The tire blew out on Alabama Highway 219, north of Selma. The blaze started in the back of the bus on the driver's side, an East Perry volunteer firefighter told the newspaper.
Everyone escaped without injuries, said head coach, Don Lee. However, the team was only able to save about 10 helmets and Lee has said his squad lost about $70,000 in protective gear and camera equipment.
Several schools have stepped forward to donate or loan the team equipment after players went without protective gear during a practice session earlier this week, Lee told the Selma Times-Journal (http://bit.ly/194Mfkf ). Drivers passing the team's 5:30 a.m. practice session Monday honked their horns in support, he said.
Since the fire, Lee says well-wishers near and far have offered to lend the team a helping hand.
"We might look like a college football team before all this is over and done," he told the newspaper.
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