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REEDLEY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - On Wednesday morning, the full assemblage of Reedley gathered astatine the Reedley Mennonite Church to observe the beingness of Malachi Rios.
Malachi was a son, brother, friend, and shot prima who mislaid his combat to crab connected July 8.
“The full municipality wanted to amusement up, determination were adjacent radical that don't adjacent needfully cognize him,” said Tyler Johnson, defence coordinator of the Reedley High School Varsity Football team.
The work started with praise and worship.
“It's amazing, it's truly beauteous to see,” said Jose Sanchez, Reedley Football coach.
The Reedley shot programme was agreed arsenic they wore matching t-shirts successful Malachi’s honor.
“It's Malachi forever, Malachi Strong,” Sanchez said.
Angel wings are hugging his jersey fig connected the backmost of the shirts,
“He'd beryllium capable to airy up everyone astir him, it's benignant of comic due to the fact that his cheeks would get truly reddish erstwhile helium would smile, helium had those similar reddish blushing cheeks but helium would conscionable beryllium a large uplift for everyone connected the team,” Johnson said.
Many adjacent to him, including 1 of his sisters shared her fondest memories and expressed what she loved astir astir him.
“I convey God for giving maine you arsenic my brother, I couldn’t person asked for a amended relation exemplary and root of spot and hope,” she said.
A video of Reedley Football Varsity Head Coach Tony Gates was played.
“It’s astonishing to maine a young antheral of his property would conscionable person that toughness, it’s a uncommon breed,” Gates said.
Gates announced that moving forward, the yearly Leadership Award volition beryllium called the Malachi Rios Award, successful grant of the existent person Malachi was.
“Malachi truly acceptable the modular for our programme and however to amusement up time successful and time retired with a affirmative cognition and conscionable springiness it your all,” Johnson said. “We truly anticipation that each student, each subordinate would travel up and amusement up similar Malachi did.”
Following the service, the assemblage gathered astatine the Reedley Cemetery, wherever they mildly laid Malachi to rest.
