FT. MITCHELL, Ky. — It was a true winner's welcome for the Beechwood High School Marching Tigers, as the high school band came home as state champions.

Parents, friends and neighbors lined up on both sides of Beechwood Road, with flowers, cowbells and signs.

"It's not about them winning so much as it's about the hard work they put in. But the fact that they won and that they're champions, it's just the icing on the cake," said Quinn Ankrum, whose daughter is on the team.

The team arrived with a special escort from local police officers and firefighters, jumping straight into the arms of their loved ones.

"It makes me very sad to leave because this community is like a huge reason why I'm just so proud to be here," said Reese Thompson, a senior and section leader for the band.

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