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To celebrate the McClymonds High Warriors bringing home a state football championship, the city held rallies outside City Hall and at McClymonds on Friday.

The Warriors beat La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego by a score of 20-17 on Dec. 17 to win the 5-A division championship, the first in the history of the Oakland Athletic League, which includes six Oakland Unified high schools.

“This means a lot to the school, it means a lot to these kids and it means a lot to the entire West Oakland community,” Peters, who has been coaching the team for 26 years, told Bay Area News Group reporter Terry Monahan.