Following his team’s 80–26 loss to the California School for the Deaf’s Cubs, A. C. Swadling, a star football player from the opposing school, Faith Baptist, called out to each of the victors, channeling the feathery-haired villainy of a John Hughes–type bully. “You can hear me?,” Swadling asked, displaying his disbelief in losing the 2022 California eight-player high-school championship to a deaf team. “You can hear me, right?”
No, they could not. Initially confused by his accusation, the players let it go—moving on to enjoy their triumph and an undefeated season.
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