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Kentucky football honors family of Marshall County High School shooting victim

Back on January 23, 2018, tragedy struck at Marshall County High School when a student opened fire on his classmates. Preston Ryan Cope and Bailey Nicole Holt, two 15-year old students at the school, died and nineteen other students were injured.

For the VRBO Citrus Bowl on Tuesday, the University of Kentucky honored Preston Cope, a diehard Wildcats fan, and his legacy by inviting his family down to Orlando, FL for the game.

Mitch Barnhart and the UK Athletics department flew Cope’s father, mother, and little brother down to Orlando to watch Kentucky defeat Penn State 27-24.