Monica Amaro shared a video of a high school football team taking the field to support the marching band

• Monica Amaro was at a marching band competition in Texas to support her daughter when she noticed an unusual sight.

• Daughter’s rival high school football team showed up in uniform to watch the orchestra

• Amaro, who has “a bunch of kids myself,” tells PEOPLE she knows “the significance of this and how rare a sight it is.”

stands high school footballGames are often packed with fans and players’ families, as well as the school’s marching band and cheerleaders. But what you’ll rarely see is the football team showing up to cheer on the marching band.

TikTok user Monica Amaro shared an example of a local football team doing just that. While attending the Texas UIL Regional Marching Competition in Abilene, Texas, he noticed a group of football players, all wearing their team’s jerseys, coming to support the school’s marching band.

“Being a band kid myself, I knew the significance of this and what a rare sight it was,” Amaro shares with PEOPLE.

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Amaro was attending the contest to support his daughter’s marching band, but it wasn’t his daughter’s high school football team; It was actually their rivals’ team. According to him, the Roscoe High School football team has been taking the field to support the marching band at their games for about six years.

“I’ve been to a lot of competitions in my time and was even a state marching band champion,” Amaro adds, “and I’ve never seen that.”

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Roscoe High School Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Jake Freeman was a member of both the marching band and football team when he attended the high school where he currently works. Speaking with PEOPLE, he said that this was incredibly common when he went to high school in 1992 because “the band wasn’t just a sideshow.”

“He was respected, celebrated and cherished. “Just like football, group demanded commitment, hours of practice and intense focus,” he says. “I put my heart into group work as well as on the field, and the community support and sense of being valued was something I felt in my heart.”

Freeman says he’s brought his football team to support the band for five years, “because Friday nights just wouldn’t be the same without the band.”

“Their music and energy lights up the whole atmosphere; they support us and it’s only right that we support them,” he continues.

“It’s more than just showing up: it’s about teaching my players to value what the group does, to recognize the blood, sweat and training they put into their craft. I want my team to see discipline, teamwork and dedication. They understand that the group is as important to our soul as any game we run.

Amaro himself complimented the Roscoe High School football team, saying, “The whole football team came, sat in the stands and cheered for their group. “This touched me and I knew it would touch others, too.”

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Amaro maintains TikTok’s reach: “Looking at the comments, it’s clear that it’s rare, and honestly, it healed something in the hearts of (commenters) former band kids who thought they’d never see something like this.” “It says a lot about this school and their pride, their community and the support they give each other.”

“This is bigger than football. I’m trying to create young men who understand respect, who know the power of a positive word, who see what encouragement can do not only for their teammates, but for the group members who work hard with them,” says Freeman. “Hearing my friends in the stands calling my name is a great way to help them when I need them most. I still remember what it was like to feel your support. “I want every student to feel the same sense of support.”