Lawrence Central Soccer Player Wins National Sweepstakes

Laura SpearsA sweepstakes win sent a Lawrence Central soccer player on an all-expenses-paid trip to California.

Junior Laura Spears was the only winner in the national contest, created to promote the soccer-themed movie Gracie, released in June. Set in 1978, it is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who overcomes the loss of her brother and fights the odds to achieve her dream of playing competitive soccer at a time when girls’ soccer did not exist at her school. The film is based on true events.

Spear’s winnings included airfare to and from Los Angeles, three days and two nights in a hotel and money to buy the tickets for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team game against Finland.

“At that moment (the start of the game), the realization of what had happened finally set in,” said Spears. “I was the winner in a national contest. The only winner.”

The U.S. won the game 4-0.

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