Karns City takes home field for first time since QB Mason Martin collapsed 3 weeks ago

WTAE Pittsburgh ^ | 9/22/23 | Marcie Cipriani, Mike Valente

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KARNS CITY, Pa. —

The Karns City High School football team beat rival Moniteau 48-15 Friday night, taking the field at home for the first time since its quarterback, Mason Martin, collapsed on the field three weeks ago.

The game took on additional significance for Mason Martin's father, Denny Martin, who teaches at Moniteau. Advertisement

"It's only fitting that in tonight's first home game since his injury, we're playing against the team, the school that I teach at," Denny Martin said. "And that'll be special for me because Moniteau has a pretty close attachment to this as well. And they all know my son pretty well, too. It'll mean a lot for them to be playing in this game as well as Karns City."

Denny Martin said he would be watching the game online from his son's hospital room. Martin said the last several days there have been encouraging.

"We're starting to see signs of improvement. He's getting a lot of the stuff off his face, tubes and EEG markers. He's starting to look like my son again," Martin said. "He's had a breathing tube come out, so he has a trachea now, but at least the breathing tube, it makes him more comfortable than a tube down his throat, and you can see his face now."

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I played high school football, and the worst we ever saw was a dislocated shoulder, or a broken leg or arm.

Never anybody collapsing on the field.

[DUMBGRUNT]

A friend was paralyzed from the neck down in a high school game.

[DallasBiff]

A friend was paralyzed from the neck down in a high school game.

I'm sorry about that.

[AnAmericanMother]

There were some cases when I was in high school, back in the 70s.

One was fatal. IIRC, undiagnosed heart conditions were the culprit.