On Feb. 17, 2018, 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

In the weeks and months since, the Eagles' football team—a group that was hit particularly hard by the tragedy—has been forced to fight through unimaginable adversity and work to establish a new sense of normalcy.

One of the first steps in that direction took place at the Freedom Bowl in Milton, Ga., during Labor Day Weekend, when head coach Willis May led his team back onto the field for the school's first regular season sporting event since the incident.

This is their story.