. >> reporter: in 1999, rick prinze took over the football program at paradise high. under prinze, the paradise bobcats would become one of the top teams in it was wherever boy in town wanted to play. >> my first football game i wint to was in third great. i showed up and got skittles gat gat gat gator'd from the knack bar. >> reporter: they had a chance to add to the trophy case. >> we knew we going to be good, 100% going into the playoffs. ea everyone was feeling the same way. i don't think we could have been stopped. >> reporter: november 8, 2018, the day of the first playoff game for paradise. >> i woke up, i took my son to school, and i saw the smoke. and then the sky changed. and it's hard to describe. the sun went out. and everything around us turned red. >> fire rescue. >> hello? i'm calling about fire and smoke and orange glow in the sky. >> my place is completely on fire, complete surrendered by flames. >> there's a fire in my yard. >> it's everywhere, it's a major fire. >> first thought, my first thought, i said it. get out, get in the car and go. >> report