BARROW COUNTY, GA — Actor, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will attend Apalachee High School football team’s first home game on Friday, October 4. The Apalachee Wildcats will be taking on the Jackson County High School Panthers.
In late September, ‘The Rock’ invited the Apalachee High School football team to a production set he is currently filming on to show his support after the school shooting that occurred on September 4.
After the meeting, he posted photos of himself posing with the team. He wrote in the caption, “I know they’re in great pain, but man are they resilient and staying strong,” and, “We are one Apalachee”.
Additionally, he promised Coach Mike Hancock and the team that he would make it to their first home game.
There will be a tribute to Coach Ricky Aspinwall, who was killed in the school shooting.