18-year-old killed in Harvest Homecoming shooting to be honored [Video]

CORYDON, Ind. — Candles still flickered for Bryce Gerlach the day after hundreds poured through Corydon’s streets in mourning Sunday night. He’ll be honored Friday night at the Panther’s football game versus Silver Creek. 

“It showed, and continues to show today, that good and love will always triumph over evil,” South Harrison Schools Superintendent Mark Eastridge said, sharing a message from Gerlach’s father.

Eastridge spent his morning in Gerlach’s school, Corydon Central High. Guidance counselors, therapy dogs and a breakfast provided by a rival school converged to lift the spirits of the grieving senior class. 

The trauma hits young people the hardest, the superintendent said. In his four decades in public education, this tragedy struck the hardest. So how do they move forward?

“One word answer: together,” Eastridge suggests, “and that’s just what they’re doing.”

Togetherness, …