Alpaugh High wins $5,000 grant from T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights, aiming for $1 million prize

ALPAUGH, Calif. (KFSN) -- In a tiny assemblage similar Alpaugh, kindergarten done 12th people is held each successful 1 school, and there's lone 1 spot to beryllium connected a Friday night.

"When the shot squad comes out, the full municipality comes retired to ticker them," Alpaugh High School Athletic Director Jacob Sanchez said.

Sanchez says the eight-man shot squad started playing nether the signature Friday nighttime lights erstwhile they were installed conscionable 2 years ago.

The territory has been moving to physique up the field, including installing a marque caller scoreboard conscionable past month.

"As you tin see, there's a batch inactive that has been done. There's a batch inactive that we request to do," Sanchez said.

Sanchez showed america the wrong of the precocious schoolhouse value room.

It's filled with rusty weights and well-loved whiteboards.

Near the field, they'd similar to instal a spot for concessions, restrooms adjacent and amended stands for spectators.

So erstwhile Sanchez heard astir an accidental to triumph up to a $1 cardinal renovation done T-Mobile's Friday Night 5G Lights sweepstakes, helium and the assemblage made their lawsuit connected social media.

They officially made it done the archetypal circular and were selected arsenic a "5K Friday" winner.

"They got down the tone of the program, which is, archer america astir your community, archer america astir your culture, archer america astir your past history," T-Mobile Rural marketplace manager Michael Perreira said.

They were awarded a $5,000 assistance and are officially successful the moving for the apical 25, which comes with much money.

"They'll triumph an further $25,000 and beryllium successful the last moving for the expansive prize victor of $1 million, caller value instrumentality from Gronk Fitness, a tailgate enactment to bash an unveiling adjacent August," Perreira said.

The apical 25 volition beryllium announced connected September 25.

Sanchez says winning would beryllium transformational for their students and the area.

"It's a assemblage event. It's not conscionable a shot game," Sanchez said. "Every dollar goes a agelong way, particularly successful tiny schools. These kids, this community, merit each of it."

Alpaugh High School would emotion enactment from the Central Valley to assistance marque their communicative basal out.

Creating your ain posts connected societal media and sharing theirs volition springiness them the champion accidental of getting that $1 cardinal expansive prize.

If you stock your ain post, marque definite you tag T-Mobile and Alpaugh High School arsenic good arsenic usage the hashtags #Sweepstakes and #FridayNight5GLights

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