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Marshall ISD athletic trainer saves 8th-grade football player

Posted by Assistant Director on 01/23/2023 12:00 am  /   Saving Lives

MARSHALL, Texas (KETK) – A Marshall ISD football player is alive after he collapsed during a game earlier this week. If not for the quick thinking of the athletic trainer, things might have turned out differently.

Being prepared is vital for everyone on and off the field, a lesson learned in East Texas.

You prepare for it, but don’t think it will ever happen. That’s what one woman is saying after an emergency on the field. Now, she’s hoping her hours of training will continue to help her players.

Tuesday night football, a normal game for Marshall ISD junior high, turned scary for one player.

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