IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Iraan players jogging off the field after a morning practice in the lead-up to the team’s state quarterfinal against the Munday Moguls.Iraan's football team won the 2A-DII State quarter-final game against the Munday Moguls on Friday, only to have their joy cut short by tragedy, as the school's bus carrying six cheerleaders and two cheer coaches collides with a tractor-trailer bus on the way home from the game. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: A chain-link fence decorated in support of the Braves. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Diane Kent wearing buttons in support of her children, Clayton, Iraan’s quarterback, and Katie, a cheerleader who sustained two broken vertebrae in the crash. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Kiara Hodge, center, with fellow cheerleaders after a pep rally. She sustained a fractured skull, a fractured cheekbone and bruised lungs in the crash. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Younger students high-fiving the hands of football players at the end of a pep rally. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Liz Pope, who was later killed in the bus accident, waves to the team as they make their way out of town for the game. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Ivan Castilla (55), 16, prepares for the team's quarterfinal game. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: The team gets a pep talk from Coach Kirchhoff before the quarterfinal game begins. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Despite the rain, Iraan fans cheered for a team that has not lost a regular-season game in four seasons. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Daryel Lozoya (17) outrunning defenders in Iraan’s 40-12 victory over Munday. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Lauren Garlock, center, cheering in Iraan’s quarterfinal game. Her mother was injured and her aunt died in the crash. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Mark Kirchhoff, the coach of Iraan High School’s football team, hugging Steven Garlock on Friday after a playoff victory. A few hours later, Steven’s mother was injured and his aunt killed in a bus crash.. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Wyatt Banner (53), Clayton Kent (11) and Steven Garlock (66) after Iraan’s victory in the quarterfinal. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
COLORADO CITY, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: Coaches lead players in a prayer at a Mexican restaurant moments after learning of the crash. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
BIG SPRING, TEXAS - December 3, 2016: A cheerleader, friends and mothers embrace outside the Scenic Mountain Medical Center after they've learned that Liz Pope has passed away. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 3, 2016: Castilla, in black shirt, listening to his coaches the morning after Iraan’s playoff win and the bus crash. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
IRAAN, TEXAS - December 2, 2016: A sign at the high school football field in Iraan, Tex. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times