A 9-year-old Texas girl who was among 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in flash flooding on the Fourth of July was honored by TCU and SMU before the alma maters of her parents played Saturday.

In a joint social media post leading up the game, SMU and TCU described Lila Bonner as having a vibrant spirit and boundless love for animals that lives on through her foundation dedicated to saving animals and spreading kindness.

“Lila was the heart of a ‘house divided’ — proudly donning TCU purple and SMU red and blue, a true reflection of her family’s split loyalties, with her father, Blake, a TCU alum, and her mother, Caitlin, an SMU alum,” the post read. “Red and blue made purple in Lila’s world, uniting us all in her memory.”

Lila was among those swept to their deaths when fast

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