Junipero Serra vs Archbishop Riordan High school football player dies after suffering head injury during game. High School football Quarterbacke. 'Will Never Be Forgotten' A local community is mourning Caden Tellier, generosity and love Caden Tellier, the quarterback for Morgan Academy, died Saturday home opener night, his family confirmed on social media. It is inevitable amid a contact sport all dangerous contact and situations cannot be eradicated, much as we wish it could. Efforts are made to make football as safe as possible for student-athletes. The Ghana midfielder's absence at the start of this calendar year, due to Africa Cup of Nations duty and suspension, was another bleak period for the Gunners. High school football has never been faster, stronger, more physical or more skilled. It is connected to the fiber of our country unlike any sport. While researching and writing a story on Champion in 2017, I recall being struck standing in Perry Cemetery at Champion's gravesite by the simplicity of the stone but the tragic gone-far-too-soon message it conveyed: "Vaughn M. Champion — (March) 4, 1910 — Oct. 5, 1928" Lance Vieira, the now-former head football coach of Littleton High School, was given a ticket on Tuesday for reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor charge. Littleton Public Schools confirmed this in a letter to the LPS community. Gainer was tended to on the field after he collapsed but did not have a pulse when EMTs first arrived at the scene, NBC News affiliate WJHG reported. Medical personnel were able to find a pulse before Gainer was rushed via ambulance to a hospital in Blountstown, Florida, where he later died. Family members of Chance Gainer are seen during his celebration of life ceremony at Port St. Joe High School in Port St. Joe, Fla., Sept. 10, 2024. The senior football player died after collapsing to the ground before halftime of their away game at Liberty County Sept. 6. The senior quarterback had a huge first game in a 54-6 victory over Dexter/Piscataquis. Brewer completed 18-of-20 passes for 364 yards and seven touchdowns.