GORDON, Texas — On Sunday night, an EF-1 tornado and powerful storms ripped through the small city of Gordon, located an hour west of Fort Worth. The National Weather Service was out on Monday afternoon, assessing the damages from the powerful storm that came and ripped through the city.

The Gordon ISD football and baseball field suffered the most damage in the area. 

Superintendent Holly Campbell says the fields are the center of their community.

“Rural schools are the heart of their communities,” says Campbell. 

The field is the heartbeat of Gordon. It might be banged up, but it’s not broken. 

Despite the significant damage to the area, officials report no injuries.

The devastating wind gusts stripped metal and threw debris all over the field. 

“This is a home dugout, but the other dugout is, all the brick is down, our stands flipped over, all our equipment’s gone... everything’s just scattered,” Maddox Stewart, senior student and baseball player at Gordon High School, says as he points to the dugout.

When he heard about the storm damage, he and some teammates came out to help with the cleanup.

Superintendent Campbell says she’s proud of her students thinking of their community first.

“It makes me really emotional that our kids come together and will be around helping our neighbors. And so yeah, they’ve got a really important game, but they’re going to take care of their neighbors and our community first,” she says, holding back tears. 

Gordon is known for winning back-to-back championships in various sports.

Despite Stewart and his team having a baseball game on Thursday, that could lead them to the state championship, their focus now is their helping their community.

“Sports are obviously important on here. And, we won state in football two years in a row and then track two years in a row, and it’s just to see our facilities … makes the makes the community want to just come and be involved,” explains Stewart. 

The Texas Rangers Foundation connected with Gordon’s Athletic Director and Head Coach on Monday. 

The foundation delivered several practice baseballs, over 100 game balls, a pitching machine and some bats and gloves, according to a spokesperson. 

The baseball team will get the equipment they need to practice for Thursday’s game. 

The foundation also says they are making plans for a financial contribution to the Longhorn Athletic Association and say they will complete details soon.