Published 11:22 am Friday, October 23, 2026

During warmups, it looked as if two teams from the same school were preparing for a scrimmage. One team wore purple, the other white. Both teams wore warmup shirts bearing the Silver Rail Elementary School name.

And during player introductions before Thursday night’s matchup between Bend High and Summit girls soccer, a sign reading “Silver Rail Strong” stood in the middle of the field at Summit High. As each player’s name was announced over the PA system, the player placed a rose against the sign.

Then, with both teams preparing to play their first match since the Oct. 15 tragedy at Silver Rail (a game that could very well decide the Intermountain Conference title) the teams came together as one.…