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[rick4bama]

Morgan Academy quarterback critical after game injury

UPDATED: AISA retracts earlier statement. Morgan Academy quarterback Caden Tellier is in critical condition after an injury on the field in Friday’s game. Michael McLendon of AISA issued a statement that about his passing, but the statement has since been retracted. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter Tellier was injured in the third quarter of Morgan’s 30-22 win over Southern. He was airlifted to Children’s Hospital. His condition as of noon today is still listed in critical condition. The following message was sent to all Morgan families: Dear Morgan Families, Last night, our school community experienced a situation that most of us have never dealt with. It is important in times like these to lean on each other and to put our faith in the Lord. There are no words to express the range of emotions that you or your family might be experiencing. We have made the decision to suspend all school athletic activities including practices and games for next week. We will use this time as a school family to reflect, pray and process all that has happened. We will plan to have school on Monday. We have arranged for several pastors to be on campus to assist students in a variety of ways. If you feel the need to be with your student outside of school, please do so. Monday will look different for us, but our purpose will be to provide a place for students to feel safe and loved. I will continue to update you on any additional changes to our schedule. Please pray for the Tellier family and for God’s overwhelming love to cover them. Everyone at school is here for your child and family. Don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us.
Sincerely,
Dr. Oliver

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

Morgan Academy quarterback critical after game injury

UPDATED: AISA retracts earlier statement. Morgan Academy quarterback Caden Tellier is in critical condition after an injury on the field in Friday’s game. Michael McLendon of AISA issued a statement that about his passing, but the statement has since been retracted. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter Tellier was injured in the third quarter of Morgan’s 30-22 win over Southern. He was airlifted to Children’s Hospital. His condition as of noon today is still listed in critical condition. The following message was sent to all Morgan families: Dear Morgan Families, Last night, our school community experienced a situation that most of us have never dealt with. It is important in times like these to lean on each other and to put our faith in the Lord. There are no words to express the range of emotions that you or your family might be experiencing. We have made the decision to suspend all school athletic activities including practices and games for next week. We will use this time as a school family to reflect, pray and process all that has happened. We will plan to have school on Monday. We have arranged for several pastors to be on campus to assist students in a variety of ways. If you feel the need to be with your student outside of school, please do so. Monday will look different for us, but our purpose will be to provide a place for students to feel safe and loved. I will continue to update you on any additional changes to our schedule. Please pray for the Tellier family and for God’s overwhelming love to cover them. Everyone at school is here for your child and family. Don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us.
Sincerely,
Dr. Oliver

I don't know if this is the one, but I also heard a High School player pass away from a head injury?

I saw this earlier, and I think it's the same one. If it is, it's bullshit that a jackass posted that shit. Why the fuck would you post about a player dying before you get official confirmation? Make 100% sure before posting something like that. I guarantee you someone unrelated to the kid, or the school told him he died, and he immediately jumped on it. It's bullshit.

 

[rick4bama]

@Scrape&Search1032 I check what you were saying and it was him. So I delete that part of my thread. My prayers go out to the family and to his teammates, coaches, school system. Goggle still has it up about his passing.

 

[Rolltide24]

Sounds like the kid did pass away. Very sad story. Must have had his head strike the ground really hard or another helmet with a lot of force. Said he suffered a brain injury on a tackle.

 

[rick4bama]

Morgan Academy
Quarterback Caden Tellier went down with an injury during Friday’s season opener against Southern Academy, needing to be airlifted to a local hospital. At the time, Tellier was described to be in “critical condition” and remained as such as of noon ET on Saturday afternoon.


At one point, Michael McLendon of the Alabama Independent School Association released a statement saying Tellier had died. Per The Selma-Times Journal, that has since been redacted.


However, Gary Harris of WVUA23 in Tuscaloosa received a message from the Tellier family on Saturday evening, announcing the passing of their son.

‘Our boy, Caden Tellier has met Jesus face to face,” Tellier said via Harris. “We appreciate all of your prayers and we covet them for the hard days ahead. Everyone who knows Caden has known kindness, generosity and love, and true to his nature, he is giving of himself one more time.


“Lives have been touched by the way he lived and now lives will be saved through his passing. We will walk out these next few days alongside him in his earthly body knowing that his spirit is rejoicing in heaven. Arrangements for a service will be made soon.”


Tellier was just 16 years old and was in the beginning stages of his junior year. A traumatic head injury was suffered after being tackled. The game against Southern Academy was finished, with Morgan Academy emerging victorious, 30-22.


However, next week’s against against Wilcox Academy will not take place according to head coach Dr. Bryan Oliver. All of the school’s athletic events have been canceled throughout the week.


“Last night, our school community experienced a situation that most of us have never dealt with. It is important in times like these to lean on each other and to put our faith in the Lord. There are no words to express the range of emotions that you or your family might be experiencing,” Oliver said in a statement via The Selma-Times Journal.


We have made the decision to suspend all school athletic activities including practices and games for next week. We will use this time as a school family to reflect, pray and process all that has happened. We will plan to have school on Monday.


We have arranged for several pastors to be on campus to assist students in a variety of ways. If you feel the need to be with your student outside of school, please do so. Monday will look different for us, but our purpose will be to provide a place for students to feel safe and loved.

“I will continue to update you on any additional changes to our schedule. Please pray for the Tellier family and for God’s overwhelming love to cover them. Everyone at school is here for your child and family. Don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us.”

 

[bama alum]

Sounds like the kid did pass away. Very sad story. Must have had his head strike the ground really hard or another helmet with a lot of force. Said he suffered a brain injury on a tackle.

He did. This is awful.

 

[kbama15]

So young, so Sad! Prayers for family and Community.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Terrible. God bless his family and friends.

 

[UAgrad93]

Terrible news!! Lord, please be with the family and friends!!

 

[TerryP]

I saw this earlier, and I think it's the same one. If it is, it's bullshit that a jackass posted that shit. Why the fuck would you post about a player dying before you get official confirmation? Make 100% sure before posting something like that. I guarantee you someone unrelated to the kid, or the school told him he died, and he immediately jumped on it. It's bullshit.

A body functioning solely on life support to preserve organs isn't a person who is alive.

 

[Bamabww]

Wow! so sorry to read this. Prayers for his family and friends.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Growing up. Going to school. To work. Being friends.
It is so terribly sad when someone.....passes ....really before they begin to live the short years we are given...

life is so fragile.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

A body functioning solely on life support to preserve organs isn't a person who is alive.

You're right. I didn't see that he was on life support at the time of me posting this.

 

[64Tide]

The only way you get through this is walking with Jesus in the power, comfort, and protection of the Holy Spirit.

 

[bamaledge]

Honestly, I didn’t want to read this because if I did it would make it reality and if I didn’t read it he was still fighting for his life. Understand?

Prayers go out to his family for support. But also for the kid and his family that tackled Caden. The guilt that this kid may have and perception that it was somehow his fault.

God grant them all peace and understanding.

 

[BamaFan334]

Awful news. Hate seeing this and knowing the pain involved with it all.

 

[alabama mike]

I am so sorry to read about the injury and eventual passing of this young man. May God wrap his arms around her family and friends during this time.

There was a student in West Virginia that died during a football game this past Friday night. This is happening much too often.

 

[bamaledge]

There has got to be a way to make a shoulder pad, neck brace, helmet configuration without restricting movement but protect the head better. Don’t ask me how, I’m just the idea man.