Damage from the tornado can still be seen at Bowie ISD’s athletic complex. With his school, and his students’ homes affected, Coach Cory Mandrell decided to rally his athletics and get to work.

“The more you drove around town the more damage you saw and it just kept getting worse. Didn’t know how bad until the next day when we drove through and it was kind of surreal,” Mandrell said, “kind of looked like a war zone.”

Read more about the Bowie cleanup here and find out how students are helping.