Warren Hills community mourns the tragic death of popular three-sport athlete and campus leader Evan Murray.
Video: Evan Murray's highlights vs. Cranford
See Evan Murray in action earlier this season.Great grief and sadness surrounds the school and community of
Warren Hills Regional (Washington, N.J.) following the death Friday night of three-sport athlete and popular senior Evan Murray.
The starting quarterback died after sustaining injuries Friday in a home game against Summit.
Evan Murray
Photo from Twitter
The nature of his injuries and how they were sustained are not yet known, but according to a report in
myCentralJersey.com, "Murray was taken from the field after a Summit interception and subsequent return late in the second quarter. Soon, an ambulance could be seen on the Warren Hills sideline, which then quickly transported Murray to an unknown location."
Interim Schools Superintendent Gary Bowen said that grief counselors would be on campus beginning early Saturday morning.
Judging from subsequent
messages on Twitter, Murray, who also stood out on the basketball court and baseball field, was a special person and leader. He was a three-year starter on the football team.
"A guy everyone wanted to be like," tweeted Mark Formichelli. "A true hometown hero. You'll be missed. You'll always be the leader of this team."
From Sevian Frangipane: "I hope one day I can be half the man Evan Murray was and will forever be."
From Nicole Smith: "Person you admire most: Evan Murray. Everyone looked up to you Evan. Rest in peace and fly high."
More than 80 deaths directly related to injuries have occurred nationally on high school football fields over the last three decades, including five last season, according to the University of North Carolina Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.
Tyrell Cameron, a sophomore football player for Franklin Parish (Winnsboro, La.),
died after suffering a neck injury during a Sept. 4 game with Sterlington.
