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New Jersey high school quarterback dies after injury

Paramus football coach Dan Sabella was preoccupied Saturday morning.

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Funeral services have been set for a star high school quarterback who died after suffering an injury on the field, but officials have not yet said exactly what caused his death. In social media tributes, he was called a leader.

‘I lost the love of my life because of a football accident. In addition, the injury stats for high schoolers may leave a few parents aghast at how many children die each year playing American high school football.

Here is Evan Murray at the helm before one of his football games. “He did take a pretty hard hit just before the last [hit], where he took a helmet to the stomach”.

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Environmentalists and coastal researchers say New Jersey’s efforts to establish commercial oyster farms in shallow coastal waters may be jeopardizing a threatened… “Our coach was telling us he was going to be all right”.

Bowen, interim superintendent of the Warren Hills Regional School District, said Saturday that grief counselors were available to Murray’s teammates and fellow students for as long as necessary. Governor Christie offered condolences to Murray’s family via Twitter on Saturday afternoon.

Hamler said he could point to no particular play, and senior tackle Oscar Vega echoed that statement. “Being face to face with him [last season], and then I’m hearing that he died, it’s pretty sad”.

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“A lot of people were in disbelief and didn’t want to believe it”, she said. “Let them find comfort in their faith and their memories of Evan”, read another message, from the Boucher family. He was hit by an opposing Summit High School player late in the second quarter, but friends told NJ.com that he got up on his own power.

Evan Murray dies after on-field injury in New Jersey high school game