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The family of the Pennsylvania high school football player who collapsed on the field during Friday night’s game has updated his status and has asked for continued prayers, according to a post on the Karns City football team’s social media account.
Mason Martin, a senior quarterback for the team, collapsed during the third quarter of Friday’s game against Redbank Valley and was flown to Pittsburgh’s UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. The family told KDKA on Saturday that he suffered a “significant brain bleed as well as a collapsed lung.”
A Twitter/X post shared from Stacy King Martin by team’s account Sunday said Mason Martin “remains in critical condition with little change over the last 36 hours.”
“The truth is we need a miracle,” the post read. “I’m not saying that to sound grim, but to let you know that we need the strength of your prayers. No one believes in this kid more than us, but he needs everyone’s strength and prayers.”
Lots of prayers needed for Mason Martin and his family! @mason_martin06 you have a ton of people thinking about and praying for you!! I don’t know if he or his family is able to check his account if anyone wants to send a message! #MasonStrong pic.twitter.com/t6xGAixy4k
— Karns City Football (@KC_GremlinFball) September 2, 2023
The post said that they are waiting “for the swelling to go down to assess the extent of damage to (the) brain.”
“So please pray the way he has always played the game, all out holding nothing back, maybe a little angry, definitely aggressive,” it read. “We will keep you all updated if anything changes.”
Karns City superintendent Eric Ritzert announced Saturday that a prayer vigil will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. at Diehl Stadium.
“All are welcome to gather with us in prayer,” Ritzert wrote. “We will also have counselors available during the community prayer vigil for those in need of support.”
Martin scored his team’s only touchdown in Friday’s game against Redbank Valley, which was stopped with 7:53 to go in the third after he collapsed on the field.
According to D9Sports.com, Martin had just played a defensive series and went out on the field as part of the kick return team when the head official, identified as Mike Vasbinder, said he saw the player “wobble and sway.”
The report said that Vasbinder said he asked Martin if he was OK, and the player responded, “No,” before he fell to the turf.
Vasbinder told the site that Martin was everyone’s “number one priority here.”
“Nothing else matters,” he said.
“I was just amazed by the way they all handled it,” he added. “Thank the Lord they got him out of here and to the hospital as quickly as they did.”
Football programs and players from across Pa. have been sending prayers and well wishes to the Karns City football account for Martin since the incident.
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